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1 online resource (42 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Box -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why This Report? -- 1.2 Who Is This Report For? -- 1.3 What Approach Was Adopted to Develop This Report? -- 1.4 What Common Terms Does This Report Use? -- 2 Women-Focused Investment in Resilience: Why Does it Matter? -- 2.1 Climate and Disaster Risks Undermine Efforts to Achieve Sustainable Development -- 2.2 Women Are Key to Driving Inclusive Resilience Strategies at the Local Level -- 2.3 Women-Focused Investments in Resilience Remain Limited -- 2.4 Gender and Resilience Are Cornerstones of ADB Strategy 2030 -- 3 What Do We Mean by Women-Focused Investments in Resilience? -- 3.1 Defining Women-Focused Investment in Resilience -- 3.2 Women-Focused Investment in Resilience Requires Moving Beyond Gender Mainstreaming -- 3.3 Women-Focused Investment in Resilience Aims for Transformational Change -- 4 Characteristics of Women-Focused Investments in Resilience -- 4.1 Characteristic 1: Investments Having Women as the Starting Point Based on Robust Understanding of Risks -- 4.2 Characteristic 2: Investments Must Address Structural Inequalities between Men and Women That Lead to the Persistence of Women's Chronic Vulnerabilities -- 4.3 Characteristic 3: Investments That Reduce Women's Time Poverty and Burden of Care -- 4.4 Characteristic 4: Investments That Generate Financial Returns -- 4.5 Characteristic 5: Transformational Investments -- 5 Ideas for Women-Focused Resilience Investments -- 5.1 Agriculture in Cambodia -- 5.1.1 Idea 1: Agricultural Extension Services Targeted toward, Tailored to, and Led by Women -- 5.1.2 Idea 2: Climate-Smart Vegetable Farming through Home Gardens -- 5.2 Urban Sector in Indonesia -- 5.2.1 Idea 1: Women-Operated Decentralized Water Treatment Schemes for Livelihood Diversification |
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5.2.2. Idea 2: Bundled Microinsurance for Women to Mitigate Impacts of Natural Hazards in Urban Areas -- 6 Enabling Environment Required to Deliver Investments in Women-Focused Resilience -- 6.1 Policy, Regulation, Planning, and Implementation -- 6.2 Evidence and Data -- 6.3 Horizontal and Vertical Coordination and Capacity Building -- 6.4 Inclusive and Risk-Informed Governance -- 7 Conclusions -- References |
| Summary |
This publication explores why targeted investments in women are crucial to increase resilience to climate change and disasters and to achieve broader sustainable development |
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Resilience (Ecology) -- Asia
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Resilience (Ecology) -- Pacific Area
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Women in disaster relief.
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Resilience (Ecology)
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Women in disaster relief
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Asia
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Pacific Area
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Asian Development Bank, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9789292622121 |
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9292622129 |
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