Abstract
The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) believes in a future where the mountain people of the Hindu Kush–Himalayas can experience enhanced livelihoods, equity, and social and environmental security; where they can adapt to environmental, socioeconomic, and climate change; and where future generations of mountain and downstream populations can enjoy the benefits and opportunities afforded by the region's natural endowment. ICIMOD is an intergovernmental center that develops and shares information and knowledge, facilitates learning, and uses innovation and effective communication to empower its eight regional member countries—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Pakistan—and the women, men, and children living there. ICIMOD believes that interventions are most successful when they take into account the points of view of everyone in society, regardless of gender, caste, or ethnicity. Inclusiveness is the hallmark of ICIMOD's work.
Highlights
Gender equalityAt a time when gender equality and women’s empowerment are gaining momentum worldwide, there is great hope and potential for gender transformative change
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Summary
At a time when gender equality and women’s empowerment are gaining momentum worldwide, there is great hope and potential for gender transformative change. Many of these critical and emerging issues were discussed, debated, and strategized at an international conference entitled ‘‘Bhutan+10: Gender and Sustainable Mountain Development in a Rapidly Changing World.’’ Organized in October 2012 by the Royal Government of Bhutan through the National Commission for Women and Children and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, together with ICIMOD, and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development Cooperation (BMZ), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Mountain Partnership, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and SNV, the conference brought together close to 170 participants from around the globe, among them some of the world’s best minds on gender issues. Conferences such as Bhutan+10 and, in another decade, Bhutan+20 create momentum for genderfocused and integrative actionoriented research and help to strengthen individual and institutional capacities and incentives, bolster women’s leadership, expand women’s and gender networks, and ensure equitable outcomes and transformative change for the worlds’ mountain women, men, and children
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