Description de la formation

Le Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) est une formation postgrade donnée par les hautes écoles et elle équivaut à au moins 10 crédits ECTS. Le CAS Gender & Risk Management in Climate Change équivaut à 15 crédits ECTS.

Objectives

• Acquire skills to analyse and use innovative tools to help overcome gender inequalities in the face of climate risks
• Analyse the impacts of gender inequality on climate change and disaster risk management
• Develop practical tools to implement programmes and projects to mitigate climate change and manage risks from a gender mainstreaming perspective as part of your professional, academic, or associative activities
• Exchange experiences with other professionals confronted with climate change and disaster risk management challenges
• Join an international network of gender and disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change (CC) advocates

Plan de la formation

1 crédit ECTS correspond à environ 25-30 heures de travail.

Programme

Module 1: Gender concepts, theories and tools

• Acquire methodological, theoretical and operational tools for integrating a gender perspective into professional fields
• Analyse how gender inequalities are (re)produced in different geographical contexts

Module 2: Gender and climate change adaptation and mitigation

• Acquire knowledge of international DRM and CC frameworks, policies and strategies
• Share insights and tools to address DRM and CC: the case of the ARC mechanism
• Deepen understanding of gender roles in adaptation and women’s decision-making in affected regions
• Support climate justice and women’s participation in line with SDGs and the Paris Agreement

Module 3: Gender and Disaster Risk Management in fragile climatic contexts

• Incorporate a gender perspective into climate change and disaster risk management
• Explore the link between gender, Disaster Risk Management and governance
• Integrate a gender perspective into all the phases and components of a project’s life cycle

Module 4: Gender, health and prevention of genderbased violence in climate emergencies

• Explore how macroeconomic policies impact gender in health, with a focus on feminist perspectives
• Understand the role of gender in global health policies, especially in development and humanitarian aid
• Analyse the socio-economic impact of gender-based violence in humanitarian crises in relation to patriarchal norms
• Explore the potential of women networks in advocating for gender responsiveness in DRM and CC patriarchal norms