Gender vulnerability assessment to inform gender-sensitive adaptation action: a case study in semi-arid areas of Mali

To design effective and gender-transformative climate actions, it is necessary to seek to understand the gender dimensions of vulnerability to climate change. This is particularly the case in the semi-arid regions of West Africa, where the high dependence on climate-sensitive livelihoods and adaptive capacity makes agriculture and livelihoods highly vulnerable. Therein lies the interest of this study conducted by a group of researchers in Cinzana, a semi-arid area of Mali. Their work focused on identifying entry points for gender-transformative adaptation actions based on an analysis of household gender vulnerability to climate change.