Impact of Climate Change to Women Exacerbated by Gender Inequality: A Case Study of Lao Cai

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Published: Aug 30, 2019
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Food security, Right to food, Women empowerment, Climate change adaptation.

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Phan Thanh Thanh
Researcher at Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

Abstract

This article is based on a research output conducted in Lao Cai, Vietnam, funded by SHAPE-SEA research grant, Mahidol University, Thailand to examine the right to food of women in the context of climate change and gender inequality. The paper objective is to re-examine the power relation between men and women and how it reflects in the right to food and climate change context to provide possible suggestions for the country climate change adaptation, poverty reduction policy and gender equality. Another objective is to empower women to be an agent of change in climate change adaptation and improve their right to food. Qualitative methods are applied in the research. The findings of the research suggest that firstly, food insecurity and climate change will reinforce gender inequality; and secondly, gender inequality and climate change will negatively impact on the right to food of women.

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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019): May-August
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Research articles

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