Gender and social vulnerability to climate change: a study of disaster prone areas in Sindh

This study investigates the gender dimensions of socio-economic vulnerability to climate change among rural communities of disaster-prone areas in four districts of Sindh, Pakistan: Badin, Dadu, Thatta and Tharparkar. It consolidates the findings of the research project entitled ‘Gender and Social Vulnerability of Climate Change: A Study of Disaster Prone Areas in Sindh’. The project is part of Climate Change Adaptation, Water and Food Security in Pakistan, a research initiative of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.