Scaling up national adaptive capacities for climate change-driven natural hazards through strengthening monitoring and early warning systems Armenia

The Gender Action Plan for Armenia's early warning system project establishes a framework to increase women's participation in technical and leadership roles within the hydrometeorological and disaster risk management sectors. It includes specific targets for female recruitment and training, the integration of gender-responsive communication and hazard modelling, and a comprehensive SEAH prevention strategy. The plan is supported by a dedicated full-time Gender Expert and a total budget of USD 587,000 to ensure that climate resilience efforts benefit women, men, and marginalised groups equitably.

• The project aims to address structural gender gaps in Armenia's technical sectors, where women currently make up only 15–30% of staff in hydrometeorology, emergency services, and technical disaster risk management (DRM) departments.
• Specific targets have been set to increase female representation in technical roles, including recruiting and training at least 30% women technicians for the operation and maintenance of Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), radar, and hydrological stations, and ensuring at least 40% female participation in data system trainings.
• The plan focuses on inclusive early warning dissemination, noting that currently less than 35% of rural women receive timely warnings. It proposes developing gender-sensitive warning messages and piloting five community-based dissemination systems that prioritise women, the elderly, and disabled users.
• To mitigate risks of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH), the project mandates a SEAH-sensitive Code of Conduct and training for 100% of project personnel, alongside the integration of confidential reporting channels into the Project Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM).
• The project will integrate gender analysis into the development of at least three Early Action Protocols (EAPs) and ensure that 40% of beneficiaries of anticipatory action and public-private partnership (PPP) products are women.
• A total budget of USD 587,000 is allocated for the Gender Action Plan, which includes USD 143,000 for Outcome 1, USD 132,000 for Outcome 2, USD 107,000 for Outcome 3, USD 30,000 for SEAH-specific activities, and USD 75,000 for a full-time PMU Gender Expert over five years.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2026). Scaling up national adaptive capacities for climate change-driven natural hazards through strengthening monitoring and early warning systems Armenia. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap068-gender-action-plan.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Scaling up national adaptive capacities for climate change-driven natural hazards through strengthening monitoring and early warning systems Armenia. 2026. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap068-gender-action-plan.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2026scaling, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Scaling up national adaptive capacities for climate change-driven natural hazards through strengthening monitoring and early warning systems Armenia}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2026}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/sap068-gender-action-plan.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }