Gender is mentioned throughout Liberia’s Updated NDC. The Gender Dialogues conducted as part of the update process were intended to “incorporate gender inclusiveness in Liberia’s NDC[.]” The main objectives of these dialogues were championing the advancement of women’s economic empowerment and participation, to “ensure that women remain an integral part of Liberia’s NDC revision process, and ensure inclusiveness in environmental planning and decision-making through capacity building for women owned enterprises to enable their integration…into the mainstream economic activity, environmental and climate change discussion and decision-making.”
The update also mentions Liberia's Ministry of Gender and Energy, which participated in the regional validation workshops that presented the draft revised NDC as developed by stakeholders.
Gender is mentioned twice in the country’s mitigation actions and policy measures. First, under actions to strengthen institutional and individual capacity for urban planning and management at several entities, where gender considerations are included “as part of training for institutional and local experts.” Secondly, mitigation actions also seek to “mainstream climate actions… and gender youth concerns into every sector activity by 2025.”
Likewise, gender is also included in Liberia’s adaptation actions and policy measures. The country targets the development of a national plan for ecosystem-based adaptation by 2030, and this would ensure integration of local and indigenous knowledge, gender and youth considerations among other factors within adaptation plans. Moreover, adaptation actions include a Women in Agriculture program to “support implementation of climate-resilient agricultural and livestock practices and increase women’s access to agricultural inputs and labor-saving devices by 2025.” The last goal mentioned in this section is the integration of gender-sensitive considerations in current climate change policies by 2025.
Finally, the updated NDC specifies that Liberia’s NDC Implementation Plan is intended to accomplish several things, including gender equality and social inclusion.
