Part 5 Intersectionalities of Climate Mobilities
15 Women’s Experiences and Agency in the Gender and Climate Mobility Nexus
Abstract
As the gendered impacts of climate change have become increasingly recognised and gender considerations have been mainstreamed into climate adaptation programmes, gender-focused climate mobility research is becoming an emerging area of study. This chapter puts forward the need for an intersectional lens in the study of the gender and climate mobility nexus, moving beyond the homogenisation of the ‘woman climate migrant’. The chapter draws on a qualitative meta-analysis of 24 case studies examining the climate im/mobility experiences of women across Fiji and Bangladesh, two ...
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