Gender perspectives of climate change
Subtitle: coping and adaptive strategies in Ghana
By: by Patience Thelma Melfah Damptey and Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel
Contributors: Essel, Ama Kwansima, author; ABANTU-ROWA
Publisher: ABANTU for Development
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Accra, Ghana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
ISBN-13: 9789988194086
Subjects: Climate change mitigation; Women and the environment; Climatic changes; Economic aspects; Social aspects
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Foreword; title: Executive summary; title: Background. Introduction Rationale ; Objectives; title: Geographic and socioeconomic framework; title: Political and institutional framework; title: Literature review. Concept of climate change ; Climate change impacts in Ghana ; Ghana's vulnerability to climate change ; Coping and adapting ; Concept of gender ; Gender and sustainable development ; Gender in the Ghanaian context ; Gender, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change ; Efforts at placing gender in national development ; Water, gender and climate change ; Energy, women and climate change ; Fisheries, women and climate change; title: Study areas. Kwanyaku ; Climate ; Economic activity ; Existing water situation ; Economy ; Environmental situation ; Keta municipality ; Physical characteristics ; Climate and vegetation ; Water transport and links ; Environmental situation ; Farming ; Fishing ; Wood cutting ; Coastal sand winning ; Built environment; title: Methodology. Data collection ; Limitations ; Data analysis; title: Main findings of the study. Assessing knowledge on climate change ; Practices ; Traditional coping and adaptive strategies ; Coping during drought ; Access to water ; Cultural practices ; Access to credit ; Qualitative analysis ; Causes and impacts of climate change in Kwanyaku ; Coping strategies ; Traditional knowledge ; Cultural practices ; access to resources ; Conservation of natural resources ; Causes and impacts of climate change in Keta ; Coping strategies ; Traditional knowledge ; Cultural practices; title: Conclusions and recommendations. Conclusions ; Gaps in knowledge and practices ; Gender linkages ; Coping strategies ; Recommendations; title: References; title: Appendices.