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Experts urge integrating gender, climate action, peacebuilding in himalayan region

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  • 23 Sep 2025

Srinagar, Sept 22:  On the occasion of the International Peace Day, a distinguished panel of academics, practitioners, and community leaders convened to deliberate on the pressing intersections of gender, climate change, and peace in the Himalayan region.

According to a statement issued here, the online discussion included Dr. Renu Nanda, Dr. Neeraj Sharma, Dr. Shazia Malik,  Anmol Ohri, Rinchen Angmo Chumikchan, Mani Mahesh Aurora, Deoashish Mothey,  Sonika Bhasin and Prof. Govardhan Wankhede from across Ladakh, Jammu and  Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra and West Bengal. Faculty members Prof Zehavit  Gross, Dr. Nancy Abwalaba from Kenya, Puri from Germany, Gurez,  Punjab University, Patiala, DAV Jalandhar and Himachal too joined the energising conversation.

Representatives from Learners’ Ability Management Programme and  Yakjah also participated in the three hour long deliberations including Dr. Nymphea  Saraf, Akshay Sharma, Arti Sharma, Ishrat Bukhari, Urzeeba Bhat, and Aamir Ganaie  among others from Climate Front India, University of Jammu, University of Kashmir  and several NGOs.

Ashima Kaul, Founder Yakjah shared the idea behind the discussion. “While women are  at the forefront of mountain ecosystems, they often lack the inputs, technologies,  training and extension services, and various enablers and linkages that can enhance  the effectiveness of their efforts. They rarely formally participate in shaping  conservation policies or programmes. And this is our concern”, she said.

Dr. Ana Bali from LAMP hosted and anchored the sessions  Key Outcomes. The dialogue underscored the urgency of climate justice as a foundation for  peacebuilding, emphasizing that communities in the Himalayan region face unique  environmental vulnerabilities that demand inclusive, culturally rooted, and  gender-sensitive approaches.

The meeting affirmed that peace cannot be achieved without climate justice. As  highlighted during the dialogue, climate change exacerbates inequalities and  disproportionately impacts women, marginalized genders, and vulnerable  communities.

Ensuring justice, equity, and inclusion is therefore central to both  climate adaptation and sustainable peace.  Organised with the facilitation of Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network and  Learner's Ability Management Programme (LAMP)  the initiative will continue through  a series of dialogues and collaborative projects across the Himalayan region, engaging  universities, civil society organizations, and local communities.

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