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Beyond Vulnerability: Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation and Women’s Leadership in Coastal Communities in the Philippines

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climate action,
asia

Evidence and Policy Directions from Sablayan and Pola, Mindoro, Philippines

Climate change reshapes coastal livelihoods and community life, making true resilience dependent on gender equity, community health, and environmental sustainability. In our research across two communities in Mindoro Province, PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI), with support from ARROW, examined how livelihood pressures reshape household and community roles. While gender norms remain persistent, changing economic realities are creating new spaces for women to take on leadership roles.

Moving beyond token participation, our findings demonstrate how climate vulnerabilities intersect with women’s SRHR. By embedding SRHR and fostering collective agency, local leadership, and institutional support through Women-Managed Areas (WMAs), we create an enabling social architecture for sustainable climate action and long-term disaster resilience, bridging grassroots realities with national policy.

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Vietnam

  • Centre for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population (CCIHP)

Sri Lanka

  • Bakamoono;
  • Women and Media Collective (WMC),
  • Youth Advocacy Network – Sri Lanka (YANSL)

Singapore

  • End Female Genital Cutting Singapore
  • Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Philippines

  • Democratic Socalist Women of the Philippines (DSWP);
  • Galang;
  • Healthcare Without Harm;
  • Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities;
  • Likhaan Centre for Women’s Health;
  • Nisa UI Haqq Fi Bangsamoro;
  • PATH Foundation Inc. (PFPI);
  • Women’s Global Network for
    Reproductive Rights (WGNRR)

Pakistan

  • Aahung, Centre for Social Policy Development (CSPD);
  • Forum for Dignity Initiative (FDI);
  • Gravity Development Organization; Green Circle Organization;
  • Indus Resources Center (IRC);
  • Idara-e-Taleem-O-Aaghai (ITA);
  • Rehnuma – Family Planning Association Pakistan;
  • Shelter
    Participatory Organisation;
  • Shirkat Gah;
  • The Enlight Lab

Nepal

  • Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC);
  • Blind Youth Association of Nepal;
  • Blue Diamond Society (BDS);
  • Nepalese Youth for Climate Action (NYCA);
  • Visible Impact;
  • Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC);
  • YPEER Nepal;
  • YUWA

Myanmar

  • Colourful Girls Organization;
  • Green Lotus Myanmar

Maldives

  • Hope for Women;
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Malaysia

  • Federation of Reproductive Health Associations of Malaysia (FRHAM);
  • Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG);
  • Justice for Sisters (JFS);
  • Reproductive Health Association of
    Kelantan (ReHAK);
  • Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM);
  • Sisters in Islam (SIS)

Lao PDR

  • Lao Women’s Union;
  • The Faculty of Postgraduate Studies at the University of Health
    Sciences (UHS)

Indonesia

  • Aliansi Satu Visi (ASV);
  • CEDAW Working Group;
  • Hollaback! Jakarta;
  • Institut Kapal Perempuan;
  • Kalyanamitra;
  • Komnas Perempuan;
  • Remaja Independen Papua/Independent Youth
    Forum Papua (FRIP/IYFP);
  • Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia (PKBI);
  • Perkumpulan Lintas Feminis Jakarta;
  • Perkumpulan Pamflet Generasi;
  • RUTGERS Indonesia;
  • Sanggar SWARA;
  • Women on Web;
  • Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan (YKP); 
  • YIFOS Indonesia

India

  • CommonHealth;
  • Love Matters India;
  • Pravah;
  • Rural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC);
  • SAHAYOG;
  • Sahaj;
  • Sahiyo;
  • SAMA – Resource Group for Women and Health;
  • WeSpeakOut;
  • The YP Foundation (TYPF)

Fiji

Cambodia

Morocco

  • Association Marocaine de Planification Familiale (AMPF),
  • Morocco Family Planning Association
Beyond Vulnerability: Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Adaptation and Women’s Leadership in Coastal Communities in the Philippines

Evidence and Policy Directions from Sablayan and Pola, Mindoro, Philippines

Climate change reshapes coastal livelihoods and community life, making true resilience dependent on gender equity, community health, and environmental sustainability. In our research across two communities in Mindoro Province, PATH Foundation Philippines, Inc. (PFPI), with support from ARROW, examined how livelihood pressures reshape household and community roles. While gender norms remain persistent, changing economic realities are creating new spaces for women to take on leadership roles.

Moving beyond token participation, our findings demonstrate how climate vulnerabilities intersect with women’s SRHR. By embedding SRHR and fostering collective agency, local leadership, and institutional support through Women-Managed Areas (WMAs), we create an enabling social architecture for sustainable climate action and long-term disaster resilience, bridging grassroots realities with national policy.

Bangladesh

Maldives

  • Hope for Women
  • Society for Health Education (SHE)

Mongolia

  • MONFEMNET National Network