AIT is one the partners in the program.
Details are available at this link, while the program brochure can be downloaded from this link.
Detailed program:
| 08.30-09.00 | Registration | |
| 09.00–09.10 | Welcome | Daisuke Sano, Director, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Regional Center, Thailand |
| 09.10–09.40 | Gender-related differences in vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change: impacts and causes | Deepa Bharathi, Regional Programme Manager – Migration Programme, UN Women East and Southeast Asia Regional Office, Thailand Babette P. Resurreccion, Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand |
| 09.40-09.45 | Q&A | |
| 10:00-10:15 | Keynote Address | Aban Marker Kabraji, Regional Director, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Asia Regional Office, Thailand |
| 10.15-10.30 | Refreshment Break | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Gender responsive climate change adaptation practices: good examples and lessons learnt | Bruce Ravesloot, Senior Adaptation Advisor Asia, CARE International Asia, Thailand Duangsuda Mueangwong, Social Development Specialist and Head of the Group for the Promotion of Gender Integration, Gender Equality Promotion Bureau, Office of Women’s Affairs and Family Development, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, Thailand Jonathan Shott, Project Manager and Disaster Management Consultant, Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), Thailand |
| 11.05-11.20 | Q & A | |
| 11.20-11.50 | Gender responsive climate change adaptation policies and policy processes: challenges at national, regional and international levels | Sylvia Ordonez, Executive Director, Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), Philippines Lucy Wanjiru, Programme Specialist, Gender Team, UNDP New York, U.S.A |
| 11.55-12.10 | Q & A | |
| 12.15-12.45 | Facilitated Group Discussions | Facilitator: Sophoan Phean, Regional Policy Advisor, East Asia Regional Office, Oxfam America, Cambodia • What are potential traps and pitfalls in efforts to integrate concerns with gender in climate change adaptation initiatives? • What are some specific, highly innovative ways, through which adaptation related activities could help transform gender relations in development?
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| 12.45-12.55 | Synthesis | Ulamila Kurai Wragg, Women Delegates Fund member, Cook Islands |
| 12.55-13.00 | Thank you and Announcements | Roopa Rakshit, AIT-UNEP Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), Thailand |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
