‘Climate change actions must be gender sensitive to address the existing inequality in the society’
Farah Kabir, the Country Director for ActionAid Bangladesh (AAB), is one of the leading voices in the fight for climate justice in the country. In this interview, Kabir spoke about the work her organization does in relation to climate change, as well as on issues related to climate justice.
Can you give us a brief overview of what Climate Change related works ActionAid Bangladesh does in the country, and if this is among your main areas of focus?
ActionAid Bangladesh decided to prioritize climate justice back in 2008 when the organization realized that the issue was proving detrimental to its development and humanitarian response work.
It started from the perspective of disaster risk reduction and disaster preparedness but then was swiftly moved on to resilience building, adaptation as a part of our project interventions and climate justice as a part of the advocacy at both national and global levels. The organization does activism, campaigns, advocacy, and training, organizing dialogues and conferences. We also have strong communication and working relations with youth networks, women networks and South Asian networks.
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