University of Twente Student Theses
Gender and Climate Change : An Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming in Contemporary Climate Change Policy Making
Löcherbach, Greta Karoline (2022) Gender and Climate Change : An Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming in Contemporary Climate Change Policy Making.
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| Abstract: | This thesis discusses the relation between gender and climate change. The climate crisis is undisputedly the most pressing issue of our time. But it cannot be seen as an isolated problem as it is linked to numerous matters that require consideration in climate change policy making. Among these is gender inequality. Women are more vulnerable towards and more affected by the consequences of climate change. This needs to be accounted for in any policy making that tries to tackle the climate crisis. Therefore, this thesis aims to answer the research question to what extent gender is mainstreamed in contemporary climate change policy making, by conducting a content analysis. As climate change is a global issue it is most crucial to examine policy documents of international networks. So, the most important contemporary policy documents on climate change, the Paris Agreement by the UN and the European Green Deal by the EU, have been chosen for this analysis. These are reviewed, using both closed and open coding in the process of a qualitative content analysis. The findings demonstrate gender mainstreaming to a very small extent in the Paris Agreement and no gender mainstreaming in the Green Deal, making it essentially gender blind. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/91922 |
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