Gender and the climate change agenda: the impacts of climate change on women and public policy

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1 The impacts of climate change on women and public policy. Gender And The Climate Change Agenda.22 3 GENDER AND THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA The impacts of climate change on women and public policy Women’s Environmental Network © 2010 Christine Haigh & Bernadette Vallely for Women’s Environmental Network Acknowledgements Thanks to the following for their valuable help with this report, including providing information for the case studies, photographs and comments on earlier versions of the manuscript: Rachel Berger (Practical Action) Sarah Blakemore (Oxfam GB) Monika Bricke (GenderCC) Amber Bronnum (Center for Women and Democracy) Professor Susan Buckingham (Brunel University) Jo Budd (Women’s Environmental Network) Jane Cacouris (Tearfund) Maureen Fordham (Gender Disaster Network) Biba Hartigan Lindsey Hayes (Royal College of Nursing) Minu Hemmati (GenderCC) Beth Henriette (IIED) Tanjir Hossain (ActionAid) Tim Jones (World Development Movement) Helen Kinsella (Women’s Environmental Network)