Gender differentiated vulnerability to climate change in Eastern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorBalikoowa, Kenneth
dc.contributor.authorNabanoga, Gorettie
dc.contributor.authorMwesigye Tumusiime, David
dc.contributor.authorMbogga, Michael S.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-04T18:08:13Z
dc.date.available2023-01-04T18:08:13Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractClimate change literature is rife with the assertion that women are more vulnerable to climate change, which state is expected to reflect on female-headed households. However, this assertion has however not been empirically proven aside from the general poverty-gender linkages. This study used primary data collected in 2016 from 735 randomly selected households from four districts in Eastern Uganda to construct a gender vulnerability index to compare and explain the drivers of vulnerability between male and female-headed households. The results show that female-headed households were more vulnerable (GVI-IPCC = −0.134) than male-headed households (GVI-IPCC = −0.176). The results further show that disparity in adaptive capacity mediates vulnerability between male and female-headed households. This underscores the importance of proactive interventions rather than protectionist approaches to reducing vulnerability. The study has extended the analytical utility of the livelihood vulnerability index to create a gender vulnerability index for comparing contextual groups of households in Eastern Uganda.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKenneth Balikoowa, Gorettie Nabanoga, David Mwesigye Tumusiime & Michael S. Mbogga (2019): Gender differentiated vulnerability to climate change in Eastern Uganda, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2019.1580555en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1080/17565529.2019.1580555
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/6795
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherClimate and Developmenten_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectClimate changeen_US
dc.subjectAdaptive capacityen_US
dc.subjectVulnerabilityen_US
dc.titleGender differentiated vulnerability to climate change in Eastern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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