Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples

The report finds increasing references to gender equality and responsiveness in NAP documents, with a growing recognition of women as agents of change rather than just vulnerable groups. It highlights progress in institutional arrangements, capacity building, and monitoring and evaluation, while providing practical examples from countries like Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Suriname to illustrate the implementation of gender-responsive adaptation.

• There is a measurable increase in the framing of gender issues within NAP documents. Over half of the reviewed documents now reference gender equality, and 29% refer to gender responsiveness, a significant increase from the 2018 review where no documents mentioned the latter.
• While approximately 75% of NAP documents still position women primarily as a vulnerable group, there is a growing trend of recognizing women as active agents of change. About half of all NAPs now acknowledge that women's lived experiences and unique knowledge can improve adaptation outcomes.
• Gender analysis is increasingly used to inform adaptation planning, with 71% of NAP documents showing evidence that such analysis influenced the document's framing or the planning for its implementation.
• Institutional arrangements for adaptation are becoming more inclusive of gender-focused government bodies. Nearly half of recently submitted documents include the ministry or department responsible for gender equality, either in coordination mechanisms or as agencies responsible for specific actions.
• Capacity building for gender and climate change is receiving significantly more attention in recent NAP documents. Nearly two-thirds of new documents include references to capacity-building activities for government actors, and some include training for women and marginalized groups.
• Integration of gender into monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is increasing, with just under half of NAPs reporting that their M&E systems will include gender considerations, such as the collection of gender-disaggregated data and tracking the participation of women's groups.
• More than half of the reviewed NAP documents include references to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), covering topics such as maternal health, pregnancy, and gender-based violence.

APA

Dazé, A., & Hunter, C. (2022). Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/napgn-en-2022-gender-nap-synthesis-report.pdf

Chicago

Dazé, Angie, and Cameron Hunter. Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples. NAP Global Network, 2022. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/napgn-en-2022-gender-nap-synthesis-report.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{daz2022genderresponsive, author = {Dazé, Angie and Hunter, Cameron}, title = {{Gender-Responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Processes: Progress and promising examples}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2022}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/napgn-en-2022-gender-nap-synthesis-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }