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Climate Change, Gender Roles and Hierarchies: Socioeconomic Transformation in an Ethnic Minority Com

Background to the research Focus of the research Gender in a context of climate, regulatory’ and social change: a survey of relevant literature Representation of gender in climate-change debates Gender, livelihood security, food security and climate change Men, masculinities and work in climate change and development discourse Climate-change adaptation strategies from a gender perspective Indigenous communities and ethnic minorities: analyses of vulnerabilities Indigenous groups, gender and climate change Gender and climate change in the context of Viet Nam Research methodologies used in this study Methodologies and research strategies Data analysis and structure of the book Notes References Impact of a changing climate on an ethnic minority community in a remote mountainous region of Viet Nam The Co Tu ethnic minority of Central Viet Nam Impacts of sedentarization programs and other regulatory changes on the Co Tu community Problems and vulnerabilities in the Co Tu community associated with climate change Climate change in Ca Dy Commune, Quang Nam Province Local climate conditions The changing climate and people’s perceptions Evidence from primary data about local perceptions of climate change Gender and local perceptions The changing climate: scientific evidence based on meteorological data Methodology: the Mann-Kendall test Temperatures: trends regarding annual mean temperatures Monthly mean temperature fluctuations Rainfall Rainy season rainfall trends Dry season rainfall trends Evidence and consensus: comparing statistical evidence and people’s perceptions Summary Notes References The Co Tu of Ca Dy Commune: vulnerabilities in the face of rapid change Impact of regulatory and socioeconomic changes on women’s and men’s work in Ca Dy Commune Women’s and men’s work in earlier decades Regulatory’ changes in land use and forest protection Gender and livelihood patterns Socioeconomic and cultural change New needs and uses for cash in a previously self-sufficient economy Gender, age and assessments of socioeconomic change Summary Note References The struggle for food and livelihood security: changing livelihoods, gender roles and gender hierarchies Collective impacts of a changing climate and society Impacts on food insecurity Impacts of decreased food security on gender relations Co Tu women’s responses to increased food insecurity Co Tu men’s responses to increased livelihood insecurity Women’s responses to livelihood insecurity Changes in women’s and men’s livelihoods and the division of labor Relationships between husbands and wives, and changing roles in the household The younger generation and gender-differentiated expectations Gender relations in transition: more recent developments Recent changes affecting middle-aged men and women Recent changes affecting young women and young men Summary Note References Analyzing combined impacts of climate, regulatory and social change Summary of findings Discussion of findings in relation to the literature Implications for gender-related concerns: ethnic minorities and indigenous communities in previously isolated regions Decentralization of national policies to take local conditions into account Viet Nam’s national policies, contextualization efforts and ethnic minorities Promoting social cohesion and gender equality through sustainable local institutions Gender assessments and trainings and the importance of new knowledge A closing thought Notes References Appendix

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