This presentation is from the November 2012 LEAF and USAID-funded Forest Carbon, Markets and Communities (FCMC) training workshop on Social and Environmental Soundness (SES) of REDD+.
In April 2013, the LEAF team presented on addressing gender gaps in REDD+, using lessons learned early on in the LEAF program.
Click here to access this resource in Vietnamese.
In April 2013, the LEAF team presented on addressing gender gaps in REDD+, using lessons learned early on in the LEAF program.
Click here to access this resource in English.
This brochure provides an overview of the USAID LEAF program: Background, Overview, Regional Approach, Objectives, Aims and Partners.
As the international community mobilizes in response to global climatic changes, climate funds must ensure the equitable and effective allocation of funds for the world’s most vulnerable populations. Women and girls, disproportionately vulnerable to negative climate change impacts in developing countries, have largely been excluded from climate change finance policies and programmes.
This presentation was given at the WOCAN-Forest Dialogue's Scoping Dialogue on the Exclusion and Inclusion of Women in the Forestry Sector in Kathmandu, Nepal from September 22-24, 2012. The presentation covers the existing status of sustainable forest management (SFM) and gender integration, overviews of LEAF and UN-REDD, gender integration in LEAF, status of national programs, gender in REDD
Representation, dialogue and dissemination in regional and global forums: LEAF has been actively taking part in several regional and global dialogues to inform, disseminate and learn about experiences and lessons in gender and the environment sector. LEAF's gender expert, Dr.
As the primary gateway to the forestry profession, the forestry and natural resource management universities in LEAF countries are well positioned to help their students and faculty understand and address gender issues they are certain to encounter in newly emerging subjects like climate change mitigation, REDD+ and PES.
LEAF's Gender Expert, Dr. Kalpana Giri, served as a panel expert for the Lower Mekong Initiative - Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy Dialogue.
LEAF's Gender Mainstreaming Strategy and Checklist is a practical implementation tool to mainstream gender into climate change mitigation projects. Existing evidence indicates that gender issues have not been specifically identified as having any relevance to the climate change mitigation sector.
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