During the past year, CARE has worked with partners in five provinces of Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Quang Tri, Tra Vinh, and Kon Tum to help ethnic minority villagers run several income generation activities. After almost a year into these activities, CARE conducted a refresh training for local staff on how to make sure such activities take into account differences of men and women, and how to ensure they adapt to climate change.
The training took place from 22 to 24 May, 2019 in Hanoi. Participants were local staff at provincial, district, commune, and village levels. They have engaged with villagers from the very start, i.e. coming up with an idea to make money, to the whole process of putting such ideas on paper and carry out actual activities.
During the three day training, CARE gender advisor and climate change advisor helped participants to …..
This is part of the Ireland-funded project Partnership for Ethnic Minorities’ Equitable andInclusive Development, or P4EM for short.
- Integrating gender and climate change into income generation activities as key to advance long-term benefits
- Gender and Climate Change integration into poverty reduction policy planning
- Challenges remain in increasing access to information among ethnic minorities
- Village savings groups are not just about saving
- The power of a perspective shift