Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management

The report analyzes gender disparities, gender-based violence (GBV), and socio-economic conditions in four project sites in Pakistan to integrate gender-responsive strategies into the Recharge Pakistan project. It identifies significant gaps in women's access to land, decision-making, and education, while highlighting the disproportionate impact of climate change on rural women. The document concludes with a Gender Action Plan that includes specific targets for women's participation in EbA interventions, the establishment of survivor-centered grievance mechanisms for GBV and SEAH, and capacity building for both community members and WWF staff.

• Women agricultural workers in Pakistan, numbering 9.1 million, are critical to food security but are largely unpaid and have minimal asset ownership, with only 2% owning a house or agricultural land.
• Gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) are prevalent in Pakistan, often exacerbated by environmental degradation and climate change, yet reporting remains low due to social stigma and patriarchal norms.
• In the project's target sites, natural resources such as forests, land, and water are primarily controlled by the government or feudal landlords, leaving poor communities, especially women, with little to no access.
• Climate change is causing visible shifts in weather patterns in the project sites, including longer summers, extreme temperatures, and altered rainfall, which has led to the decline of traditional livelihoods like fishing and agriculture.
• Government officials in the provincial Irrigation and Planning and Development departments lack awareness of gender policies and do not perceive women as relevant to the design or implementation of infrastructure projects.
• Within WWF Pakistan, there is a dichotomy where women are encouraged and involved in field-level project design, but face a lack of gender-sensitive infrastructure and limited leadership opportunities within the office environment.
• The Gender Action Plan for Recharge Pakistan sets specific targets, including the formation of one women's group per project site and the training of 800 people in community-based natural resource management, with a 40% target for women.
• The project will implement a survivor-centered grievance resolution mechanism (GRM) to identify and report GBV and SEAH, including training for local NGOs and shelters.

APA

WWF International (2022). Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1587/5rw2b89x00_Annex_08_Annex_8_Gender_assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.06.23.pdf

Chicago

WWF International. Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management. 2022. https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1587/5rw2b89x00_Annex_08_Annex_8_Gender_assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.06.23.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{wwfinternational2022recharge, author = {{WWF International}}, title = {{Recharge Pakistan: Building Pakistan’s resilience to climate change through Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) and Green Infrastructure for integrated flood risk management}}, institution = {WWF International}, year = {2022}, month = aug, url = {https://www.worldwildlife.org/documents/1587/5rw2b89x00_Annex_08_Annex_8_Gender_assessment_and_Action_Plan_2023.06.23.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }