Marco para los procesos del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (PNAD) sensibles al género
Summary
The document argues that gender-responsive National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes are essential for effective and sustainable climate adaptation, as women often face unique barriers to resources and information. It defines gender-responsive approaches as those that actively challenge unfair norms and structures to promote equality, rather than merely acknowledging differences. The provided framework outlines specific actions across the NAP cycle—planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E)—as well as enabling factors like institutional arrangements and capacity building. A pilot review of NAP documents from 15 countries in Asia, Africa, and the Americas found that while gender is often recognized as a vulnerability factor or cross-cutting theme, there is a lack of detailed implementation steps and resource allocation strategies.
Key insights
- Gender-responsive NAP processes are necessary because climate change impacts are experienced differently by women, girls, boys, and men, and failure to address these differences can lead to adaptation actions that increase women's workloads or reduce their decision-making power.
- Gender-responsive approaches are distinguished from simple gender sensitivity by their active effort to promote gender equality and challenge social norms and structures to achieve transformative results.
- A gender-responsive NAP process requires specific integration across the iterative cycle of planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), as well as through institutional arrangements, capacity development, and information exchange.
- Key technical recommendations for gender-responsive NAPs include using sex-disaggregated data, practicing gender-based budgeting, and ensuring the equitable representation of women and women's organizations in decision-making structures.
- A pilot review of NAP documents from 15 countries across Asia, Africa, and the Americas indicated that while most countries recognize gender as a factor in vulnerability or a cross-cutting theme, they lack specific details on implementation, prioritization, and financial resource allocation.
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- Dazé, A., & Dekens, J. (2017). Marco para los procesos del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (PNAD) sensibles al género. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/napgn-es-2017-a-framework-for-gender-responsive-nap-processes.pdf
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- Dazé, Angie, and Julie Dekens. Marco para los procesos del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (PNAD) sensibles al género. NAP Global Network, 2017. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/napgn-es-2017-a-framework-for-gender-responsive-nap-processes.pdf.
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- {{cite report |last1=Dazé |first1=Angie |last2=Dekens |first2=Julie |title=Marco para los procesos del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (PNAD) sensibles al género |publisher=NAP Global Network |date=August 2017 |url=https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/napgn-es-2017-a-framework-for-gender-responsive-nap-processes.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @techreport{daz2017marco, author = {Dazé, Angie and Dekens, Julie}, title = {{Marco para los procesos del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (PNAD) sensibles al género}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2017}, month = aug, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/napgn-es-2017-a-framework-for-gender-responsive-nap-processes.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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