Women’s Participation in Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBACC): An Intersectional Analysis

Gulay Jannat () and Kyoko Kusakabe
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Gulay Jannat: Gender and Development Studies Program, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang 12120, Pathum Thani, Thailand
Kyoko Kusakabe: Gender and Development Studies Program, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang 12120, Pathum Thani, Thailand

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-18

Abstract: This study explores which women participate in community-based adaptation (CBA) from an intersectional perspective. This study followed in-depth interviews (IDIs) and key informant interviews (KIIs) methods for data collection in Latachapli, Bangladesh. It explores women from different ethnic and religious identities participating in community-based adaptation (CBA) activities. The diversity among women leads to varying levels of participation. Three main areas—sense of insecurity, support from family members, and women’s literacy—and the NGO’s administrative bias have been seen to influence different levels of women’s participation in CBA. All these findings suggest that women’s intersectional challenges when participating in activities must be considered. The problem with the NGOs that implement the CBA activities is that they focus on marginalized communities (Rakhine) and women in general without taking into consideration the cultural, religious, and historical barriers that these different women face.

Keywords: women; community-based adaptation (CBA); participation; intersectionality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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