Climate Change

IWWAGE’s work on climate change recognises that climate impacts are not gender-neutral. Climate stressors disproportionately affect women, girls, and socially marginalised communities, intensifying existing inequalities related to livelihoods, mobility, care responsibilities, and access to resources. IWWAGE examines these challenges through a gender equality, disability, and social inclusion (GEDSI) lens to ensure that climate responses are equitable, inclusive, and grounded in lived realities.

IWWAGE’s work on climate change focuses on:

Climate-induced migration and livelihoods

Analysing how climate shocks and slow-onset changes shape migration patterns, work opportunities, and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and marginalised groups.

Care burdens in a changing climate

Examining the invisible and expanding burden of unpaid care and domestic work as climate stress increases pressures on households and communities.

Women and access to clean

Assessing women’s access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy and its implications for health, livelihoods, time use, and resilience.

Gender-responsive climate policy and programmes

Reviewing the design and implementation of climate policies, adaptation strategies, and interventions to identify gaps and promote inclusive, intersectional approaches.

Strengthening agency and resilience

Advocating for climate action that meaningfully includes women and marginalised communities in decision-making and strengthens their capacity to adapt and lead.

Through this work, IWWAGE aims to inform socially just and gender-responsive climate action that addresses structural inequalities, enhances resilience, and ensures that no one is left behind.

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Towards A Feminist Just Energy Transition in Asia

  • December , 2023
  • Arimbi Wahono and Laura Doanová
Energy transitions are not gender-neutral, and their impacts vary across social groups. In Asia, women—especially in rural and low-income communities—are disproportionately affected by energy poverty, environmental degradation, and climate change. Limited access to assets such as land and capital restricts women’s ability to adapt to transition processes. At the same time, women’s greater burden of unpaid care work reduces their access to paid employment, education, and training, weakening their capacity to navigate structural transitions. With Asia home to half of the world’s population and a large share living in poverty, these vulnerabilities are further intensified in the face of climate shocks (Oxfam 2022).
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Energy transitions are not gender-neutral, and their impacts vary across social groups. In Asia, women—especially in rural and low-income communities—are disproportionately affected by energy poverty, environmental degradation, and climate change. Limited access to assets such as land and capital restricts women’s ability to adapt to transition processes. At the same time, women’s greater burden of unpaid care work reduces their access to paid employment, education, and training, weakening their capacity to navigate structural transitions. With Asia home to half of the world’s population and a large share living in poverty, these vulnerabilities are further intensified in the face of climate shocks (Oxfam 2022).
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