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Triple differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs to climate risk in Sub-Saharan Africa : gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation
No full textThe ability of businesses to adapt effectively to climate change is highly influenced by the external business enabling environment. Constraints to adaptive capacity are experienced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across sub-Saharan Africa, regardless of the gender of the business owner. However, gender is a critical social cleavage through which differences in adaptive capacity manifest and in Africa most entrepreneurs are women. We conduct a systematic review to synthesize existing knowledge on differential vulnerability of female entrepreneurs in Africa to climate risk, in relation to their sensitivity to extreme climate events and their adaptive capacity. We synthesize this literature using a vulnerability analysis approach that situates vulnerability and adaptive capacity within the context of the wider climate risk framework denoted in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. In doing so, we identify gendered barriers and enablers to private sector adaptation and suggest women entrepreneurs face a “triple differential vulnerability” to climate change, wherein they: (1) are often more sensitive to climate risk, as a result of their concentration in certain sectors and types of enterprises (e.g., micro SMEs in the agricultural sector in remote regions); (2) face additional barriers to adaptation in the business environment, including access to finance, technologies, (climate and adaptation) information and supportive policies; and (3) are also often concurrently on the frontline of managing climate risk at household levels. Since various forms of inequality often create compounding experiences of discrimination and vulnerability, we pay particular attention to how factors of differential vulnerability intersect, amplify, and reproduce.UK Economic and Social Research CouncilGrantham Foundation for the Protection of the EnvironmentUK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Offic
Strengthening food security in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic
Get PDFPakistan is facing numerous socioeconomic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, including on food security. Food insecurity, which is a long-standing issue, has become more visible since the pandemic. Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) partner the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) – a leading policy research thinktank – has been supporting the Government of Pakistan to maintain essential economic activity and protect workers and small producers during the pandemic. One notable contribution has been the development of a Food Security Portal, which is being used by the government to better manage food security in the country. It is the first track and trace system from farm to fork for essential food items
Vidas sitiadas - besieged lives : empowering young women in Latin America to overcome violence, poverty, and discrimination
Get PDFThe initiative focused on the multiple vulnerabilities of young women in the region and lessons learned from an array of policies and programs that have aspired to provide them opportunities to improve their lives. The reports generated under program auspices examine challenges and advances for women in specific communities in five settings – San Salvador (El Salvador), San José (Costa Rica), Cali (Colombia), Buenos Aires (Argentina), and Montevideo (Uruguay). While each community of young women is distinctive in its own way, experiences of violence, poverty, and discrimination are widespread. Together, the cases portray a picture that is representative of systems of violence and marginalization that prevail across Latin America and the Caribbean
Early warning early action (EWEA) in secondary cities in South Asia : guidance note
No full textThe guidance note aims to support city authorities, as well as emergency service providers and community-based organisations in secondary cities throughout South Asia, which are seeking to implement Early Warning Early Action (EWEA) mechanisms. Furthermore, the guidance intends to provide reference notes and comprehensive overviews to the city authorities and practitioners who endeavor to implement EWEA.Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherland
Scaling up women’s agripreneurship through public-private linkages to improve rural women’s income, nutrition and the effectiveness of institutions in rural Ghana (Linking Up : women’s agripreneurship sustainability and scale-up project)
Get PDFOver one-third of rural Ghanaians live below the poverty line, with women and children living in poverty having the highest risk of poor nutrition and health. Sustained integrated approaches that increase agricultural productivity and value addition, diversify incomes, and enhance knowledge and skills among all stakeholders, notably women are required to improve the well-being of rural communities. The Scaling up women’s agripreneurship through public-private linkages to improve rural women’s income, nutrition, and the effectiveness of institutions in rural Ghana project (Linking Up) is a follow-up study to build on the results of the Nutrition Links project (NLP) funded by the Canadian Government (2013-18). The NLP’s multi-sectoral integrated livelihoods, nutrition, agriculture and health intervention with rural women groups in the Upper Manya Krobo District (UMKD) of the Eastern Region decreased household food insecurity, increased women’s access to income and improved young children’s diets and nutritional status. However, efforts to sustain the intervention through multisectoral collaborations by local institutions were unsuccessful due primarily to the lack of integration of sustainability mechanisms into the regular operations of the local institutions. In this report we note factors identified that facilitate or impede women’s participation in farming and agri-food entrepreneur associations supported by local institutions
KIX mid-term evaluation report
No full textAnnex is available in IDRC Digital Library : KIX mid -term evaluation : annexes to the findings and recommendations reportThe overall objective of KIX programming is to strengthen national education systems and accelerate educational progress in GPE member countries by filling knowledge gaps, increasing access to evidence, and strengthening systems to support the generation and uptake of evidence and innovations in these countries. This midterm evaluation report provides updates on how these goals are being met
Social entrepreneurship for sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa : lessons from business incubation in the selected countries
Get PDFThe report outlines the activities carried out during the Social Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development in subSaharan Africa: Lessons from Business Incubation in selected countries project. The project seeks to support the formulation of policies designed to catalyze economic development across the continent. The study was carried out as part of an exploratory phase in 3 sub-Saharan African countries representative of the continent’s economic dynamics. These selected countries are: Cameroon, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. The overall objective of this project is to map the business incubation practice in the selected sub-Saharan African countries
Rethinking the West African engineering ecosystem
Get PDFThis document summarizes S2PAfrica’s key activities during the grant period 2018 - 2022. We have documented the status of current milestones and measurable results outlined in our grant agreement, our project’s successes/challenges and future goals, and the status of the budget/funds awarded through the grant. This final report will allow both S2PAfrica and IDRC to learn from our experience and understand how this grant empowered us to critically rethink the engineering ecosystem for the West African region
Gendered barriers and opportunities for women smallholder farmers in the contagious caprine pleuropneumonia vaccine value chain in Kenya
Get PDFFindings show that key constraints to vaccine access and adoption for rural smallholder women farmers are lack of a cold chain for vaccine maintenance, inadequate and late delivery of veterinary services, lack of information and training, and limited financial capacity to purchase the vaccine. In Kenya, Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP) is a highly infectious disease of goats with a mortality rate of more than 70%. A vaccine for CCPP is available but difficult to access by rural women. This study examines the gaps and barriers that prevent women smallholder farmers from effectively accessing and adopting CCPP vaccination for their animals in the Machakos district of Kenya.Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)Global Affairs Canada (GAC
Scoping study on sexual, reproductive and maternal health (SRMH) in Latin America and the Caribbean
Get PDFThe presentation outlines the objectives, methodology, and results for each of the components in the Scoping Study on Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health (SRMH) in Latin America and the Caribbean project