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Gender Inequality and Adaptive Capacity: The Role of Social Capital on the Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam

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  • Loan Thi Phan

    (International Doctoral Degree Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development (IPCS), National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan)

  • Sue Ching Jou

    (Department of Geography, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan)

  • Jun-Hua Lin

    (Department of Taiwan and Regional Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 97401, Taiwan)

Abstract

Climate change has exacerbated gender inequality, and women are a vulnerable group. Previous research attributed this to physical gender differences, gender differences in ownership and control of natural resources, and socioeconomic status. We used a survey of 99 participants, seven focus group discussions, and 13 in-depth interviews in a coastal community in Vietnam to gain insight into the roots of gender inequality in the capacity to adapt to climate change. We analysed the role of social capital in regulating and mobilising other livelihood assets from a gendered perspective and found that gender norms explain the division and interactions of men and women in formal and informal networks. Based on our results, we suggest that policy-makers should pay more attention to gender issues when proposing climate change policies and reducing the gender imbalance in the impact of climate change adaptation.

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  • Loan Thi Phan & Sue Ching Jou & Jun-Hua Lin, 2019. "Gender Inequality and Adaptive Capacity: The Role of Social Capital on the Impacts of Climate Change in Vietnam," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-20, February.
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