Parallel session 12B: Integrating gender considerations in the process to formulate and implement NAPs (NAP GN, FAO, UNDP, Southern Voices)

Moderator: Christian Ledwell (NAP Global Network)

Synopsis: This session will present a framework for gender-responsive processes to formulate and implement NAPs. An interactive panel discussion will focus on challenges and opportunities in integrating gender considerations in the process to formulate and implement NAPs. Following the panel, participants will have the opportunity to discuss the enabling factors for integrating gender in the process of formulating and implementing NAPs.

Topics

• Nepal’s approach to integrating gender in the process to formulate and implement NAPs and the role that civil society can play in ensuring that processes are gender-responsive (Rajan Thapa, Clean Energy Nepal/Southern Voices)
• Lessons from Uruguay’s experiences with integrating gender in adaptation planning in the agricultural sector (Cecilia Jones, FAO/NAP Ag Uruguay)
• Insights from the NAP-Ag programme’s work on gender (Julie Teng, UNDP)
• Key findings from the Network’s review of progress on integrating gender in the process to formulate and implement NAPs (Angie Dazé, NAP Global Network)