Women's differentiated vulnerability and adaptations to climate-related agricultural water scarcity in rural Central Vietnam

A field-based study in Ky Nam commune, Central Vietnam, examining how intersectional social differences influence women's vulnerability and adaptation to climate-related agricultural water scarcity.

• Women's vulnerability and their ability to adapt to agricultural water scarcity are shaped by intersectional social differences, including gender, class, age, stage of life, and household headship. These factors create differentiated experiences regarding access to credit, forestland, and water.
• Current development policies and the National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change of Vietnam fail to account for women's differentiated vulnerability and adaptive capacity, which risks further marginalizing specific groups, particularly female heads of household.
• To avoid exacerbating vulnerabilities, development and climate programs should move away from 'one-size-fits-all' packages and instead be redesigned to include context-specific policies that address unequal relations and differential needs.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2014). Women's differentiated vulnerability and adaptations to climate-related agricultural water scarcity in rural Central Vietnam. https://www.sei.org/publications/womens-differentiated-vulnerability-and-adaptations-to-climate-related-agricultural-water-scarcity-in-rural-central-vietnam/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Women's differentiated vulnerability and adaptations to climate-related agricultural water scarcity in rural Central Vietnam. 2014. https://www.sei.org/publications/womens-differentiated-vulnerability-and-adaptations-to-climate-related-agricultural-water-scarcity-in-rural-central-vietnam/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2014womens, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Women's differentiated vulnerability and adaptations to climate-related agricultural water scarcity in rural Central Vietnam}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2014}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/womens-differentiated-vulnerability-and-adaptations-to-climate-related-agricultural-water-scarcity-in-rural-central-vietnam/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }