The two national gender advisors had no experience in climate change adaptation prior to joining our team. They have different but complementary backgrounds. One of them is highly focused on community development projects, which is advantageous when it comes to understanding the root causes of the vulnerability of local actors in the face of climate change. The other has very good knowledge of the various institutional arrangements, which facilitates stakeholder involvement.
Including these two advisors, we now have eight people whose role is to support the integration of gender issues into climate change action within the Ministry of the Environment. This may seem like a large number, but we have learned that it is truly necessary and justified given the workload and the needs in terms of capacity building.