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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in collaboration with its environmental protection partners has launched a Gender Analysis Toolkit (GAT) to improve gender integration and mainstreaming in coastal resource management programmes in South and Southeast Asia.
Initiated in collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute, the toolkit aims to help coastal and fisheries management practitioners develop baseline knowledge around gender dimensions related to coastal and natural resources use, livelihood development and ecosystem management.
SEI Asia Senior Research Associate and co-leader of SEI Gender and Social Equality Programme, Bernadette P. Resurrección stresses the importance of a gender-integrated and gender responsive plan for the improved resilience of coastal ecosystems.
“Sustainable development in South and Southeast Asia cannot be achieved without the talent, knowledge and experience of half the population caring for marine and coastal resources at all levels of decision-making: at regional, national and community scales. However, biases and social-gender norms have constrained humanity from being more inclusive,” says Resurrección.
Program / This programme will foster collaboration and deepen SEI’s engagement with gender and equality issues in the context of development.
Perspective / How can researchers better integrate gender equality and social equity analysis in their work? Perspectives from the SEI Science Forum in Bangkok.
Perspective / Gender-responsive planning can improve biodiversity outcomes in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
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