Climate Migration Amplifies Gender Inequalities
This Danish Institute for International Studies policy brief highlights that it is important to consider how climate change intersects with traditional and gendered dynamics, such as dowry. Crucially, due to traditional gender dynamics, men’s climate mobility can amplify women’s immobility. When men’s labour migration fails or the stream of remittances end, there are often no other ways for women to finance climate adaption. Therefore, alternative ways to finance long-term climate.
Author: Sofie Henriksen
Other authors: Sine Plambech, Kolja Dahlin, Benedikte Raft
Organization: Danish Institute for International Studies
Year: 2024
Country/ies: Nepal
Geographical coverage: Asia and the Pacific
Type: Policy brief/paper
Full text available at: https://www.diis.dk/en/research/climate-migration-amplifies-gender-inequalities
Content language: English