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Addressing the gender disparity and water crisis
Women walking the extra miles for water
Reliable and Safe Drinking Water
Introducing gender responsive sustainable drinking water technologies
Climate adaptive livelihoods
Empowering coastal women for a sustainable tomorrow
Gender responsive capacity building
Fostering women’s climate leadership and effective participation
About GCA
Lead by the Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, this project focuses on strengthening the adaptive capacities of coastal communities, especially women and adolescent girls, to cope with impacts of climate change-induced salinity on their livelihoods and water security.The 6-year project (2019-2024) focuses on the Southwestern coastal districts of Khulna and Satkhira, both of which frequently experience cyclones and tidal flooding and experience severe drinking water scarcity due to salinity.
Under the project, communities will be empowered as ‘change-agents’ to plan, implement, and manage resilient livelihoods and drinking water solutions.The project will promote a paradigm shift away from a focus on short-term responses and technology-led interventions towards community-centric solutions that build ownership and capacities across multiple stakeholders, to sustain and scale-up adaptive responses to safeguard livelihoods and water security.An estimated 719,229 people (about 245,516 directly and 473,713 indirectly) are set to benefit...
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GCA AT A GLANCE
5 No. of Upazilas
Khulna- Dacope, Koyra, Paikgacha
Satkhira- Assasuni, Shyamnagar
39 Unions
No. of Unions
101 Wards
No. of Wards
32.98 Million USD
Total funding committed
24.98 Million USD
Green Climate Fund (GCF)
8 Million USD
Government of Bangladesh (GoB)
719,229
Total number of beneficiaries
245,516
No. of Direct Beneficiaries
473,713
No. of Indirect Beneficiaries
1,020
No. of Women Livelihood Groups (WLGs)
13,596
Total No. of Water Facilities Installed
525
Total no. of people (anticipated) receiving Capacity Building Training