Côte d’Ivoire

The climate policy of Côte d’Ivoire prioritizes the resilience of the most vulnerable groups (e.g., women and young people) through the creation of green jobs and financing. Women are considered vulnerable due to their gender roles and economic disadvantages. Moreover, it was explicitly mentioned that pregnant women and menopausal women are more affected by the increased heat waves compared to men, and that forest fires and increased soil degradation will hinder women’s access to arable land, thus reinforcing gender inequalities.

In 2019, a National Gender and Climate Change Strategy (2020-2024) was developed by the MINEDD. In 2021, the MINEDD and the Minister of Women, Family and Children signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on gender and climate change with the aim to “strengthen the advocacy process for the systematic integration of gender and climate nexus into sectoral planning, strategic and policy documents at national level. As one of the cross-cutting areas in the implementation of this NDC, gender is incorporated across all the identified priority sectors. The objective is to analyze: (i) for mitigation, the differentiated responsibilities of men and women in GHG emissions and/or reduction mechanisms; and (ii) for adaptation, the differentiated situation of men and women in relation to vulnerability risks and impact chains, in order to strengthen the gender component of the NAP. Also, it was mentioned that gender integration could “significantly improve climate governance, particularly in rural areas.”