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Accepted Paper:

Women-led responses to the intersectional impact of the climate crises on women’s lives in Myanmar and Nepal  
Tamsin Bradley (University of Portsmouth)

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Paper short abstract:

This paper will offer critical insights into the role female activists in Myanmar and Nepal play in mitigating and challenging the gendered and intersectional impact of climate crises, conflict and gendered inequalities including violence and reduced income generating opportunities.

Paper long abstract:

This paper will offer critical insights into the role female activists in Myanmar and Nepal play in mitigating and challenging the gendered and intersectional impact of climate crises, conflict and gendered inequalities including violence and reduced income generating opportunities. There is urgency to understand these intersections given the ever-deteriorating climate emergency in Myanmar and Nepal, both ranked in the top five most affected countries globally. Despite the existence of female activists and networks in both contexts little is known about how they tackle the complex and multiple crises and the resulting deepening vulnerabilities of women and girls. This paper will present data gathered using multiple methods including remote data collection techniques. A women and girls centred approach was applied in order to capture the voices of those most marginalised and those working to build their resilience. The paper will share insights into the work of grass-roots activists in both contexts who are fighting climate crises, conflict and gendered inequalities.

Panel P53
Implications of climate change on women’s work in South Asia
  Session 1 Thursday 26 June, 2025, -