1. Climate change politicizing gender in the Global South- Case study of Asia and the Pacific Shubha Kayastha International Coordinator in charge for Advocacy

2. How do you see linkages between Gender and Climate change ??? ??? Do you think Climate change affect on Gender or SRH? How?

3. 3 General assumptions Population growth High carbon emission/ pollution Climate change Assumption; Need to find Solution to population growth

4. NOW,,,,, let’s RETHINK !!!

5. Population growth and climate change agenda Highly populated area? High energy consumption?

6. Hunger is not the result of ‘too many mouths’ to feed People go hungry because they do not have the land on which to grow food or the money with which to buy it.

7. 7 led to abuse, coercion and violation of women’s fundamental rights. 9 out of 12 population policies examined policy aim in birth control, with the burden of contraception mostly on women. (ARROW) Women’s human right to choose about her fertility Eg: China’s one child policy, Son’s preference in South-Asia

8. Why global south more vulnerable? What is global south?? 20% of the population are responsible for 80% of the accumulated carbon build-up in the atmosphere. the vast majority of population growth is taking place in developing countries where average consumption and GHG emission rates are far lower Blame to global south whereas North is mostly responsible Some glimpse of the effect

9. Flood in the Philippines

10. Landslide in Nepal

11. Water scarcity in south Asia

12. Drowning Maldives

13. Deforestation in Borneo, Indonesia

14. Pacific islands

15. Women being most vulnerable to bear the cost of Climate change (life saving skills during calamities, collector for basic supply to family, migration, spousal migration- HIV) Gendered agenda- Capitalism in Climate change agenda

16. Women’s bodies should not be the vehicle for climate change solutions, but concern for the impact of climate change on women should prompt effective as well as rights- respecting efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE).

17. How CC is affecting SRH of young people? What can be done in terms of advocacy to deal with CC impact on young people? World cafe

18. Thank you! shubhakayastha@gmail.com