{"id":146763,"date":"2024-03-11T15:58:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?post_type=news&p=146763"},"modified":"2025-08-11T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T11:50:02","slug":"harvest-equality-in-nepal-fca-partners-talk-climate-resilient-development-at-csw","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/latest-news\/news\/harvest-equality-in-nepal-fca-partners-talk-climate-resilient-development-at-csw\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting equality in Nepal: FCA & partners talk climate resilient development at major UN gathering on gender equality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Harvesting equality in Nepal: FCA & partners talk climate resilient development at CSW<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

At the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), the UN\u2019s largest annual gathering on gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment, FCA and Nepali partners discussed the effects of climate change on women while sharing practical solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gender agenda for women in Nepal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

CLIMATE CHANGE and environmental protection form a strategically important gender agenda for women in Nepal now and in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The FCA event took place during the UN’s annual Commission on the Status of Women.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

On March 12, 2024, experts gathered in New York during the UN’s event on gender quality. FCA hosted an event, co-sponsored by Finland that focused on how to mitigate the effects of climate change on Nepali women farmers, while remaining gender responsive and supporting economic empowerment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event drew on experiences from the GRAPE<\/a> project in Nepal, a climate-resilient agriculture programme that FCA works on with main implementer, German development agency, GiZ<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Rissanen<\/strong>, the State Secretary to the Minister of Social Security of Finland, opened the session by describing FCA\u2019s work with Nepalis and how grassroots approaches and inclusion of women and girls is when climate action can make an impactful difference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Rissanen also highlighted that 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Finland\/Nepal diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n\n\n

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State Secretary Laura Rissanen opened the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Shikha Shrestha<\/strong> from VSO Nepal<\/a> emphasised that time and again, women’s voices are not heard. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Shikha Shrestha underlined that women must be involved in disaster relief.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWomen are always being engaged in agriculture & our knowledge & expertise is not considered. We need to consider holistic approach & have voices of women making the plan for disaster relief.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vivid panel discussion touched on the topic from various entry points with examples from mountainous indigenous women realities on the ground as well as experiences shared by women from marginalized communities, complemented by findings from recent research on how actually climate financing has remain very thin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yasso Kanti<\/strong> from the National Indigenous Women Forum<\/a> narrated from firsthand experience the challenges and triumphs faced by indigenous women in their pursuit of equitable participation in agricultural endeavors amidst the ever-evolving climate landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere needs to be concrete recognition & action to putting indigenous peoples contributions at the forefront because indigenous people, especially women and girls, are mostly affected by land and climate induced conflicts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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