Jean Munro

Jean Munro is the Senior Manager for Gender Equality with Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance.  She supports Gavi in implementing its revised gender policy, ensuring gender equality is mainstreamed in Gavi programs, and supporting countries to develop gender-responsive and transformative immunization initiatives.  Jean has over 20 years of experience working in the area of gender equality, inclusion, and women’s rights across numerous sectors.  She has enjoyed living and working in Malawi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Vietnam with CSOs, the UN, and the Canadian government.  She holds

Julie Dekens

Julie joined IISD’s Resilience Program in 2010 and has been an active member of the Secretariat for the NAP Global Network since its inception in 2014. She co-leads the Network’s work on gender-responsive NAP processes and on monitoring and evaluation. In addition, she coordinates technical support programs for NAP processes in the Pacific region and Francophone Africa.

[VIDEO] Advancing Gender-Responsive Climate Action—IISD/WEDO

The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) represent key opportunities to address the gender dimensions of climate change if undertaken in a gender-responsive manner. Over the years, an increasing number of NAPs and NDCs have been mainstreaming gender. However, there is still a long way to go to make them gender-responsive. This session will explore how countries can pursue gender-responsive NAP processes and the extent to which gender is currently being integrated into NDC documents.