Activist(s)
, 3, 33, 45, 47, 59, 74, 85, 125, 128, 143, 144, 148
Actors and affiliations
, 59, 155–159
Adaptation strategies
, 9, 27, 30, 44, 107
Afghanistan
, 44–45, 112, 143, 149
Africa
, 2, 8, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 35, 43, 51, 52, 56, 59, 87, 97, 98, 100, 101, 147–148, 151, 152, 153, 159, 164n28, 182
South Africa
, 123, 138–139, 141
African American women
, 13
African World Heritage Fund
, 20, 25, 164n28
Agency, (as in “women’s” or “female”)
, 2, 6, 8, 11, 19, 27, 29–30, 31, 54, 55, 152, 184
Agriculture (or agricultural)
, 2, 8, 9, 14, 16, 22, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 95, 98, 100, 130, 142, 147, 153, 161n1, 166n54, 167n62, 175, 177, 180, 181 (see also Farmers)
agriculturalists 3
, 107, 118
Ancestral practices
, 73, 151 (see also Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK))
ancestral hearth
, 10
ancestral homeland
, 87
ancestral knowledge
, 149, 154
Andhra Pradesh
, 14, 16, 32, 137, 171n42, 173n28
Arts and crafts
, 124, 140–143, 151, 183
Arts and heritage culture
, 150–151
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
, 20, 21, 24, 26
Asian American
, 12, 18, 168n17
Asian Development Bank
, 157
Association for Computing Engineering (ACM)
, 129
Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
, 149, 175
Association of Environmental Education for Future Generations (AEEFG)
, 52, 56, 101–104, 148, 169n31, 175
Australia
, 45, 149, 168n9, 182
Australia’s Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef
, 154
Bangkok Post, The
, 84–87, 157, 170n27
Bangladesh
, 8–9, 13, 17, 92, 112, 115, 139, 152, 158, 172n15, 181–182, 185
Barefoot solutions
Barefoot College
, 152
Women Barefoot Ecologists
, 154
Belize
, 3, 51, 52, 60–64, 77, 83, 87, 151, 155, 169n21
Bhungroo, as a case study
, 48–50
gender-related
, 17, 20
irrigation system
, 14, 19, 32, 105
irrigation technology
, 2, 3, 5, 32, 37–38, 40, 118, 131, 166n58, 167n62
map of sites in India
, 15
mission
, 14
oral histories
, 111–121possibility of Bhungroo in Turkana County, 35–41
program
, 30–36, 105, 149
self-actualization and world betterment
, 30
Bihar
, 14, 16–17, 32, 137, 171n42
“Black Lives Matter”
, 7, 123
Brazil
, 13, 46, 93, 108, 109, 145, 158, 179, 184
Buckminster Fuller Foundation
, 17, 166n54
Capacity building
, 22, 28, 40, 46, 61
Carbon, emissions/footprint/low carbon/reductions
, 3, 52, 64, 98, 148, 159
CARE
, 7, 21, 28, 97–98, 159, 165n44, 181
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
, 103, 185
Central America
, 2, 8, 43, 51–52, 55, 59, 151
Children
, 3, 11–12, 15, 29, 46–47, 52, 68–71, 76–78, 81, 89–90, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 132, 142, 164–165n30
China
, 84, 126, 171n2
Chinese
, 4, 46, 47, 57, 136, 168n18, 171n2, 180–181
Civil rights
, 138
Civil rights movement
, 143
Climate change adaptation
, 2, 6–7, 11, 27–30, 35, 37, 43–44, 49, 55–57, 74, 79, 88, 97, 99, 106, 151
community survival
, 57
female (or women’s) empowerment
, 49, 97, 179
gender
, 177
indigenous knowledge
, 183
leaders
, 140
mitigation
, 6, 99, 151
policies (programs, or strategies)
, 27, 28, 29, 34, 106, 183
resilience
, 6
transnational
, 37, 169n26, 179, 181, 184
women’s rights (or roles in)
, 7, 11, 56, 74, 79, 88, 179, 181
Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
, 22, 29
Climate change conferences
, 5, 6, 21, 70, 140, 147, 163n1, 164n28
Climate change disasters
, 5, 35, 91, 147
Climate finance
, 148, 169n4, 175
micro-finance
, 13, 131
Climate Heritage Network
, 20, 25, 164n28
Climate justice
, 4–5, 29, 53, 54, 64, 101, 130, 141, 153, 161n1, 185
Climate migrants
, 149–150
Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
, 71
Climate-related disasters
, 9
Collaborative strategy
, 11
Collective action
, 108, 128
Colombia
, 3, 51, 52, 55, 64, 74–78, 83, 87, 92
Community development society (CDS)
, 131–132, 175
Community-based arts and crafts
, 141, 142
networks
, 45
organizations
, 94, 152
projects (programs)
, 26, 141
solutions
, 151
Computer science
, 4, 97, 123, 129–131, 159
Conference of Parties (COP)
, 6, 21, 165n40
COP26
, 6, 140, 141, 143, 147, 161n4
COP27
, 6, 147–151, 163n1, 175
Cookstoves
, 3, 5, 10, 55, 79–83, 148, 152, 156, 170n25, 174n2, 176, 185
Coral Reef Rescue Initiative (CRRI)
, 21, 28
Coral reef (s)
, 3, 21, 51, 54, 60, 64, 65, 151, 155, 183
COVID
, 37, 64, 70, 72, 76, 88
pandemic
, 6, 37, 70, 72, 76, 88, 124
Cross-cultural communication
, 138–140
training
, 10
Cultural activities
, 26, 76, 137, 150
(as a) construct
, 162n15
boundaries
, 173n23
centers
, 3, 26, 52, 78
degradation
, 24
differences
, 73–74
diplomacy
, 80
flow
, 145
heritage
, 21–26, 151, 164n9
imperialism
, 23
informant
, 40, 49
knowledge
, 2, 31
(of poverty)
, 133
outcasts
, 52
patriarchy
, 25
practices
, 2, 30
socio-cultural environment
, 14, 46, 49, 54
symbols
, 24
traditions
, 10, 17, 79, 108, 127, 133
transformation (or change)
, 77, 108
Cyclones
, 106, 137, 149, 172n15
E-business
, 124, 135–136, 150
Eco Friendly, approaches
, 2, 8
farming
, 8
jobs
, 56
projects
, 64
Ecosystem
, 44–45, 91, 107, 109, 135, 149, 164n28
Education
, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 73, 75, 78, 80, 89, 92, 93, 101–103, 116, 119, 123, 126, 128, 129, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 148, 150, 159, 161n1, 164n29, 169n31, 177
Elders
, 44–46, 81, 105–106, 109, 114, 116
Empathy
, 4, 16, 48–49, 57, 93, 145
Empowerment
, 2–4, 6, 9–10, 13–14, 19, 29–30, 38, 41, 43–44, 46, 49, 51–52, 54–56, 59, 61–62, 72, 93, 96–97, 99, 101, 105, 108, 111–112, 114, 123–124, 127–129, 131–132, 134, 136, 138–143, 145, 147
Endemic poverty
, 3–4, 70, 119, 123, 145
Energy For Everyone (EFE)
, 93
Environment and Development Action (ENDA)
, 51, 55, 74–78, 151, 156, 175
Environmental activism
, 78, 86
Environmental defenders
, 6, 140
Environmental impact assessments (EIA)
, 62
Environmental science (s)
, 44, 101–102, 135, 150, 183
Ethiopia
, 8, 100, 159, 179
Evidence-based learning
, 142
Experiential learning/wisdom
, 10, 106
Extreme weather events
, 35, 105, 106, 107, 149, 154
Facebook
, 62, 124, 125, 128, 132, 136, 137, 139
Farmers
, 1–4, 8, 14–17, 32–40, 48, 52, 70–71, 87, 105–120, 132–133, 138, 147, 149, 157, 159, 164n28, 167n62, 172n13, 183–184
Fashion industry
, 3, 52, 88–92, 158
fast-fashion
, 92
Female empowerment
, 142
in computer science
, 129–131
in cross-cultural communication
, 138–140
in digital feminist movements
, 124–127
in environmental and health sciences
, 134–136
in film production
, 143–145
in international development
, 132–134
in journalism and mass communication
, 136–138
in small business development
, 131–132
in social action
, 127–128
in social media
, 124
in visual arts
, 140–143
Female-centered approach
, 5–6, 27
in climate change programs
, 19
complexities of implementation
, 13–17
new ways of thinking about women’s leadership
, 6–7
reframing
, 9–13
results from field studies
, 7–9
Feminism (feminists)
, 12, 101, 124, 126
Feminist activists
, 147
“Feminist Participatory Action Research” approach
, 153
Film production/projects
, 143–145
Floods
, 2, 5, 48, 113–119, 137, 149
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
, 22, 29
Food insecurity
, 5, 35, 48, 54, 59, 70–71, 109, 119, 169n3
Fragments of Hope (FOH)
, 60–71
French Development Agency
, 76
Fulbright fellowship
, 14, 175
FUNDAECO/Guatemala
, 72–74, 151, 169n24
Gender Action Plan (GAP)
, 22, 30
Gender equity
, 19–41, 46, 77, 108, 112, 129, 130, 143, 145, 150, 159, 164n28, 183
policies
, 129
results from field studies
, 27–31
the Bhungroo Story
, 31–35
in Turkana County (West Africa)
, 35–41
UNESCO, climate change, and gender equity
, 22–27
Gender Just Climate Solutions (GJCS)
, 5, 64–65, 72, 76, 95, 151, 153, 161n2, 175
Gender mainstreaming
, 35, 38, 79–80, 84, 88, 166n59, 181
Gender schema theory
, 10–13, 17, 180
Gender transformative
, 28
Gender-based violence (GBV)
, 28, 73, 127, 166n58, 175
Geographic information systems (GIS)
, 129
mapping
, 133
Global climate change
, 129, 150
Global North
, 7, 10–11, 17, 25, 33, 46, 61, 64, 83, 91, 97, 100, 106, 138, 143–144, 147, 172n16, 175
Global South
, 1–8, 10–11, 13, 19, 26–27, 35, 46–47, 57, 62, 64, 83, 90, 91, 97, 99, 101, 105, 107, 109, 110, 112, 119, 123, 126, 127, 130, 134, 138, 139, 143, 145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 159, 164n30, 175, 181
Global stocktaking
, 151–152
Guatemala
, 3, 29, 51, 52, 54, 64–74, 78, 83, 87, 92–93, 127, 151, 155, 156, 165n48, 169n21, 184
Gujarat
, 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 31, 33, 34, 48, 105, 111–119, 127, 131, 137, 171n42
Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI)
, 64
Imece (Inisifiyati)
, 52, 56, 93–96, 158
Improved Cookstoves program (ICS program/Vietnam)
, 79–83, 152, 176, 185
India
, 2, 3, 6, 8, 13–17, 19, 33, 47, 112, 128, 137, 143–145, 154
Barefoot College
, 93, 152, 158
Dongaria
, 45, 143, 144, 151
government
, 31–34, 159
journalists
, 136–138
oral histories
, 110–119
women’s empowerment
, 13, 16, 19, 31, 38, 47–48, 127, 130, 169n30, 179, 183–185
Indian Institute of Management
, 34
Indian Ministry of Women and Child Development
, 130
Indigenous (communities, groups, people, etc.)
, 2–3, 8–9, 16, 23–24, 44–46, 51, 54, 67–78, 105–107, 133, 140–144, 149–156, 180, 183
Indigenous women
, 68, 72, 78, 140, 149, 154
Indonesia
, 47, 123, 132–133, 169n26, 181, 184
Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 129, 130, 135–136, 139, 150, 176
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
, 99, 176
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
, 21, 22, 29, 84, 165n47, 176
Intergenerational mainstreaming
, 35
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
, 20, 21, 25
International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICARSH)
, 136, 173n13
International Conference on Business, Law, and Pedagogy (ICBLP)
, 132, 184
International development
, 38, 40, 65, 82, 97, 109, 130–134, 147–152, 172
International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA)
, 134
International non-governmental organizations (INGOs)
, 87
International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)
, 102
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
, 20, 25, 26, 85, 157, 164n11, 176
Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)
, 137
Irrigation (see also Bhungroo)
government roles
, 32, 34, 131
Kenya
, 166–167n59, 167–168n62
Native American
, 17
needs in Gaza
, 101
poor communities
, 118
symbol of survival
, 48
systems
, 5, 14, 40, 117
training at-risk populations (boys)
, 112
women’s roles
, 14, 16, 19, 32–41, 114, 166n58
Irrigation technology
, 2, 3, 6, 14, 38, 111–112
installation of
, 17, 34, 36, 113
Italy
, 3, 52, 55, 88–92, 97, 145, 158, 169n21, 170n31, 183
Maharashtra
, 14–16, 171n42
Malaysia
, 87, 123, 134, 150, 157
Malaysian government
, 134–135
Mam communities
, 3, 51, 70, 151, 155
Marginalized (communities, groups, people)
, 3, 30, 52, 79, 81, 95, 137, 138, 144, 149, 159
Masculine (traits, behavior) 12–13
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
, 27, 38
Mass communication
, 131, 136–138
MealFlour project
, 64–71, 83, 169n23
Mealworms (Tenebrious molitor)
, 67
Men
, 3, 7–17, 26–37, 44, 46, 49, 73–84, 89–117, 120–143, 166–167n59, 168n20
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
, 101–102, 176
Migrants
, 55, 89, 90, 91, 94, 118, 147, 149–150, 152
Migration
, 3, 5, 13, 27, 30, 36, 44, 52, 69, 106, 149, 179
Mitigation
, 6, 44, 76, 99, 150–152, 167–168n62
Momentum for Change (MfC)
, 83–84
Paris Agreement (Paris Climate Accords)
, 5, 21, 22, 30, 176
Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB)
, 46
Participatory action research (PAR) (methodologies)
, 132, 133, 153, 176
Patriarchal societies (social structures, norms, etc.)
, 2, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 30, 33, 44, 48, 49, 51, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 85, 100, 110, 111, 114, 116, 124, 128, 130, 148, 152, 156, 162n15, 181
Patriarchy index
, 8, 162n16
Placencia Tour Guide Association
, 60
Population growth/overpopulation
, 37, 119
Progetto Quid/Italy
, 52, 55, 88–92, 97, 183
Randomized controlled trials (RCT)
, 99, 176, 177
Recycling
, 3, 5, 51, 63–64, 75–78, 151, 156
REDD+ programs
, 21, 27–28, 165n40, 180, 183
Reflexive feminist methodologies
, 43–57, 93, 168n13
as a participatory methodology
, 133
Reflexive oral histories
, 151, 153
Refugee
, 91, 93–96, 140, 143, 158
refugee camps
, 3, 52, 93, 149, 158
Resilience
, 6, 21, 26, 37, 40, 44, 52, 56, 149, 150, 164n28, 169n30, 182, 184
Resource-poor women communities
, 97
Rural communities
, 3, 16, 22, 37, 40, 51, 72, 85, 93, 105, 110, 119, 127–129, 139, 148, 152, 156, 167–168n62, 182
Rural Country Development Organization (RUCODE) /Uganda
, 97–100, 147, 159
strategies
, 99
Rural women
, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 25, 27, 37, 46, 98, 109, 112, 115, 123, 126–127, 130–145, 149, 150, 154, 161n1, 172n6, 179, 184
Sandwatch (UNESCO program)
, 62, 155
Saudi Arabia
, 44, 123, 127–128
Second-tier activism
, 145
Self-actualization (world betterment)
, 2, 27, 30, 39, 142, 182
Self-help groups (SHG)
, 16, 172n6, 176
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
, 30
Severe weather-related events
, 3, 106, 115
Shantou International Container Terminals Ltd
, 84
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
, 1
Sindh Agriculture Women’s Protection Act (2020)
, 153
Small business development
, 11, 131–132
Small island developing states (SIDS)
, 148, 176
Social action
, 127–128
social activists
, 124
Social change
, 1, 2, 20, 41, 57, 82, 88, 96, 108, 119, 128–129, 139, 142
Social enterprise
, 3, 32, 34, 52, 65–66, 89–91, 98, 115, 118, 131, 154, 165–166n53, 169n3, 183
Social entrepreneurs
, 3–4, 14, 64, 93, 105, 111, 123, 145
Social media
, 4, 30, 45–46, 64, 77, 123–145, 150, 162n23, 168n17, 179, 184
Social networks
, 44, 124, 136
Solar Age Project/Türkiye
, 92–96, 152
Solar batteries
, 3, 52, 93, 94–96, 158
Solidarity Market event
, 77, 156
South Africa
, 8, 30, 123, 138–139, 141, 166n58, 183
South African Department of Women
, 142
South Korea (Haenyeo Women Divers)
, 107, 169n26, 180
Southeast Asia
, 2, 43, 51, 53, 59, 79, 173n13
Southern Environmental Association
, 61, 155
Subsystem (for formal banks)
, 131
Survival International
, 143–145
Sustainability
, 25, 40, 68, 74, 75, 87, 97, 157, 161n1, 165, 166n54, 183
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 6, 20, 21, 23, 25, 30, 148, 161n5, 164n28, 176
Syria(n)
, 3, 52, 56, 93, 96, 140, 149, 158
Tabloid dissemination
, 126
Taiwan
, 106, 108–109, 171n4, 185
Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO)
, 87, 157, 177
Thailand
, 3, 8, 47, 51, 53, 55, 83–88, 148, 156–157, 169n26, 181
Todos Juntos Meal Flour Project/Guatemala
, 64–71, 78, 92, 169n2, 169n4
Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE)
, 61, 177
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)
, 70, 106–108, 151, 177, 180
Translational (advocates, relationships, knowledge)
, 40, 43, 61
Transnational advocacy, oral history for
, 43–46
Transnational advocacy networks (TANs)
, 27, 43, 45, 59, 169n26, 176, 181
Transnational advocates (advocacy, groups)
, 40, 99, 143, 181
Transnational networks
, 54
Tunisia
, 3, 52, 56, 96, 101–104, 148, 159, 169n21, 185
Tunisian Revolution
, 101, 102
Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)
, 35, 167–168n62
Turkana County, possibility of Bhungroo in
, 35–41
Turkish government
, 93, 94, 95, 158
Tűrkiye
, 3, 52, 55, 56, 92–96, 123–127, 149, 152, 158, 168n13, 172
Twitter
, 124, 125, 136, 137, 139
UçanSüpürge (Flying Broom)
, 126
Uganda
, 3, 29, 52, 56, 88, 96–100, 147, 149, 159, 165n48, 169n21, 171, 183
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
, 94, 177
Unconventional methods
, 43, 47
United Nations (UN)
, 5, 6, 22, 29, 33, 147, 170n14
affiliated organization
, 71
Food and Agriculture Organization
, 22
General Assembly
, 6, 23
Paris Agreement
, 22, 176
PCCB
, 46
SDGs
, 20, 30, 102, 141, 148, 164n29
Sub-Commission on Human Rights
, 11
United Nations Center for Constitutional Research
, 60
United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
, 97, 159, 177
United Nations Economic and Social Council
, 166–167n59
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 19, 20, 22–27, 150, 177
United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 5, 6, 14, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 37, 60, 70, 72, 84, 88, 97, 101, 140, 151, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161n1, 161n6, 163n1, 165n40, 166n54, 169n4, 177
Gender Action Plan
, 30
Nationally Determined Contribution
, 22, 84
programs
, 29, 37
United Nations World Food Program (me)
, 97, 159
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
, 17, 40, 55, 79, 83, 88, 98, 156, 159, 167–168n62, 170n16, 177, 181, 185
University of Chicago
, 65, 68, 70, 155, 169n3
Uttar Pradesh
, 14, 32, 137, 171n42
W+™ Standard
, 37, 38, 39, 166n58, 167n61, 181
Water (human) rights
, 34, 75, 92, 143, 153
Water, oral histories
, 111–119
Water, symbol of
, 48, 76, 106
Water conservation technology
, 14, 40, 111–112, 166n58, 167–168n62, 180
Water pollution
, 36, 63, 78, 86, 91
Water scarcity
, 29, 36–40, 66, 68, 94, 109, 133, 141, 164n29, 180, 182
Weather events
, 35, 106, 149
Women (’s)
Climate Leadership program
, 149
collectives
, 3, 51, 75, 77, 151, 156
empowerment
, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14, 30, 41, 51, 52, 56, 72, 93–99, 100–101, 105, 114, 123, 128, 129, 131, 134, 136, 140, 143, 147, 159, 185
new ways of thinking about women’s leadership
, 6–7
self-actualization
, 2, 30, 39, 142
sense of purpose
, 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 35, 38, 43, 44, 142
Women and Gender Constituency (WGC)
, 5, 6, 9, 69, 71, 95, 97, 141, 153, 161n1, 165n40, 177
Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF)
, 77, 152, 163n1, 177
Women Environmental Programme (WEP)
, 102, 159, 161n1
Women for Results awards program
, 60, 84, 88, 97, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161n6, 166n54, 169n22, 172n12
Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
, 7, 38, 161n1, 166n56, 177
Women-led community education
, 3, 52
Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
, 71, 140, 155, 161n1, 173n22, 177
Workplace discrimination
, 89, 126
World Bank
, 37, 40, 168n62
World Food Program (WFP)
, 66, 97, 159, 177
World Heritage Leadership (WHL)
, 20, 25
World Heritage network
, 26
World heritage sites
, 20, 24, 25
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
, 21, 28