| Project Detail |
With EmPower II, SDC contributes to a SIDA-funded project of UN-Women and UNEP promoting climate-resilient development for women and other marginalized groups. SDC’s support enables disaggregated data products for gender-responsive DRR and climate strategies and enhances capacities on the subnational level among policy-makers and CSOs. SDC’s support also facilitates financial access and literacy on renewable energy in Cambodia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Across Asia and the Pacific, environmental degradation, the cumulative impact of frequent disasters, climate-induced hazards and changing annual weather patterns increasingly jeopardize development gains. Since 2018, EmPower has worked on enhancing climate-resilient development of marginalized people. Phase I took place from 2018-2022 in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Viet Nam and at the regional level of Asia-Pacific, with funding from the SIDA.
Objectives Through EmPower project phase II, women and other marginalized groups in the Asia-Pacific region will be less vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and experience greater gender equality and enjoyment of their rights, including equal access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. |
