Orientations pour la prise en compte du genre dans le processus de Plan National d’Adaptation (PNA) du Togo

The report analyzes the gender-specific vulnerabilities in Togo's climate-sensitive sectors and provides a framework for integrating gender into the National Adaptation Plan (NAP). It identifies systemic barriers, such as limited land rights and low literacy for women, and recommends sex-disaggregated indicators and inclusive decision-making across agriculture, water, energy, and health sectors.

• Women in Togo face higher vulnerability to climate change due to non-climatic factors, including restricted access to and control over land, where they often receive small plots without guarantees of sustainable use.
• Economic disparities exacerbate climate vulnerability; women are primarily confined to less profitable non-perennial food crops (such as maize and cassava) which are highly sensitive to seasonal shifts and temperature increases, while men dominate more profitable perennial crops.
• Gender roles in household resource management increase women's burdens; women and girls are responsible for the majority of water and fuel wood collection, tasks that become more arduous with increased droughts and deforestation.
• Women are more exposed to climate-induced health risks, including waterborne, vector-borne, and respiratory diseases, due to their domestic roles in water and fuel collection and meal preparation.
• A significant gap exists in decision-making power; women's participation in community and household decisions is often passive due to customary prejudices and low literacy rates, limiting their influence on adaptation priorities.
• Poverty incidence is higher and increasing for women in Togo; between 2006 and 2015, the poverty incidence for women rose from 56.2% to 57.4%, while it decreased for men from 62.9% to 54.5%.
• While Togo has a National Policy for Equity and Gender Equality (2011), its implementation is hindered by a lack of qualified personnel and insufficient budgets for gender focal points in sectoral ministries.
• The existing National Adaptation Plan to Climate Change (PNACC) was developed at the central level, failing to involve subnational communities and thus overlooking the specific adaptation needs of local populations.
• To ensure a gender-responsive NAP, the report recommends implementing sex-disaggregated indicators and quotas for women's representation in the National NAP Committee and local planning processes.
• The report suggests leveraging the ongoing decentralization process and the creation of new communes to establish local gender focal points and integrate local traditional knowledge from women into adaptation plans.

APA

Kogbe, Y. L. (. (2019). Orientations pour la prise en compte du genre dans le processus de Plan National d’Adaptation (PNA) du Togo. NAP Global Network. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-fr-2019-orientations-pour-la-prise-en-compte-du-genre-dans-le-processus-de-PNA-du-Togo-2.pdf

Chicago

Kogbe, Yaovi L. (Joseph). Orientations pour la prise en compte du genre dans le processus de Plan National d’Adaptation (PNA) du Togo. NAP Global Network, 2019. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-fr-2019-orientations-pour-la-prise-en-compte-du-genre-dans-le-processus-de-PNA-du-Togo-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{kogbe2019orientations, author = {Kogbe, Yaovi L. (Joseph)}, title = {{Orientations pour la prise en compte du genre dans le processus de Plan National d’Adaptation (PNA) du Togo}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, year = {2019}, month = sep, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/napgn-fr-2019-orientations-pour-la-prise-en-compte-du-genre-dans-le-processus-de-PNA-du-Togo-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }