In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development

The text emphasizes that climate change adaptation in the Hindu Kush Himalaya will fail unless policies account for the intersection of gender with class, caste, ethnicity, and geography. It asserts that climate science and interventions must be linked with the contextual experiences of different groups, as gender relations create distinct vulnerabilities for women and men.

• Climate change adaptation policies in mountain regions are unlikely to be successful if they ignore gender and its interaction with other social factors such as ethnicity, geography, and class or caste.
• People in remote mountain areas of the Hindu Kush Himalaya are severely impacted by the combination of socioeconomic processes and climate change, though the specific effects on the livelihoods and resources of diverse groups remain under-researched.
• It is necessary to connect climate science and interventions with the specific contextual experiences of different groups because their vulnerabilities and experiences are differential, particularly between men and women due to gender relations.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development. https://www.sei.org/publications/in-the-shadows-of-the-himalayan-mountains-persistent-gender-and-social-exclusion-in-development/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/in-the-shadows-of-the-himalayan-mountains-persistent-gender-and-social-exclusion-in-development/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019shadows, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/in-the-shadows-of-the-himalayan-mountains-persistent-gender-and-social-exclusion-in-development/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }