Gendered transformations: rethinking climate resilience building in northwest Ghana

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationRadboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlandsen_US
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Unionen_US
cg.coverage.countryGhanaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GHen_US
cg.creator.identifierCharity Osei-Amponsah: 0000-0002-0135-0489en_US
cg.creator.identifierAndrew Emmanuel Okem: 0000-0001-5449-7639en_US
cg.creator.identifierWilliam Quarmine: 0000-0002-0780-0567en_US
cg.creator.identifierSandra Hyde: 0000-0001-9098-7571en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-025-01057-1en_US
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053691en_US
cg.identifier.projectIWMI - D-0200en_US
cg.issn2662-9283en_US
cg.issue3en_US
cg.journalSN Social Sciencesen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.volume5en_US
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Amponsah, Charityen_US
dc.contributor.authorOkem, Andrewen_US
dc.contributor.authorWahabu, E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorQuarmine, Williamen_US
dc.contributor.authorHyde, Sandra N. T.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-17T09:47:52Zen_US
dc.date.available2025-03-17T09:47:52Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173638en_US
dc.titleGendered transformations: rethinking climate resilience building in northwest Ghanaen_US
dcterms.abstractThe transformation of gender roles and responsibilities have implications for how men and women and other social groups are impacted by and cope differently with the changing climate. However, such dynamics are often not considered in formulating and implementing climate resilience interventions. Through a case study in rural communities of the northwestern part of Ghana, Africa, using a mixed-methods approach, this paper investigates the gendered nature of transformations and the implications for climate resilience building. The study found that compared to ten years ago, women have increase access to farmland, participate more in agricultural development decision-making, better access to credit, and more diverse livelihood pathways. Nevertheless, women’s ability to adapt to climate change impacts like droughts is worsening because of cultural norms that restrict women’s control over land resources and their limited adaptive capacities. To achieve positive gendered transformation outcomes while minimising negative social transformation trade-offs, policy makers must rethink the strategies for building climate resilience. There is the need to focus on strategies that support the formulation and implementation of well-funded and targeted interventions with a perspective on gender realities and dynamics that provide women with real resources and agency, enabling institutional support and transformative opportunities.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2025-03-10en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOsei-Amponsah, Charity; Okem, Andrew; Wahabu, E.; Quarmine, William; Hyde, Sandra N. T. 2025. Gendered transformations: rethinking climate resilience building in northwest Ghana. SN Social Sciences, 5(3):27. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-025-01057-1]en_US
dcterms.extent27.en_US
dcterms.issued2025-03en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.subjecttransformationen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate resilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectadaptive capacityen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectsocial changeen_US
dcterms.subjectinterventionen_US
dcterms.subjectrural communitiesen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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