Gender and Climate-Induced Migration in the Mediterranean: From Resilience to Peace and Human Security
Publisher: MediTERRA: Migration and Inclusive Rural Development in the Mediterranean
Author(s): Monia Braham
Date: 2018
Topics: Climate Change, Conflict Causes, Gender, Humanitarian Assistance, Land, Livelihoods, Peace and Security Operations, Renewable Resources
The research presented in the following sections explores the interaction between gender, migration and climate change, as well as the way forward for a proactive protection of climate migrants in the cases of countries of origin, transit and destination through the Mediterranean routes in addition to the protection of those considered as internally displaced persons within southern and eastern Mediterranean countries after extreme weather events leading usually to conflicts. This chapter will attempt to explore the causal link between migration and climate change through gender lenses. Three main questions drove the research: What are the links between gender, migration and climate change in the context of the Mediterranean region? What are the inclusive policies that we need to identify as responses for internally displaced persons among men, women, boys and girls at national level and the particular protection challenges for cross border movements of climate migrants through the different routes in the Mediterranean? Finally, how will international agendas on gender, climate change, migration and sustainable development proactively protect climate migrants and seek durable solutions to displacement and climate-induced migration in the Mediterranean region?