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Your online repository of information and knowledge-exchange platform on gender-related aspects in the area of Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance (CDRFI).

The Centre of Excellence on Gender-smart Solutions will enable you to find out how to create gender-transformative action on the ground by accessing the latest knowledge, provide hands-on guidance, inform you on exciting opportunities and bring you closer to a vivid community that is re-thinking gender-inclusiveness.

About the Centre of Excellence

The Platform delivers on four pillars

Knowledge & Evidence

Aggregates research on gender –sensitive, -responsive, and -transformative approaches to Climate and

Guidance

Collates guidance notes, tools and toolkits to support policy makers and practitioners with implemen

Opportunity

Promotes information on relevant training opportunities and resources which aim to advance gender eq

Community

A platform for collaboration on gender-specific approaches to enhance the development of Climate and
News

Blogpost Live Talk 09: Theory to Practice: Institutional Policies for Women’s Financial Inclusion

17 03 2025

Leadership & Diversity Program: Capstone Presentations 2024

30 11 2024

Scholarship for the 2025 Leadership and Diversity Program for Regulators

11 11 2024

WEBINAR REPLAY | LIVE TALK 07: How CDRFI policies and programmes can address gender-based violence (GBV)

09 11 2023

Call for Applications: Advisory Support on Gender-Lens Investing and Grant Making in CDRFI Solutions

29 08 2023
Events
Feb

LIVE TALK 09: Theory to Practice: Institutional Policies for Women’s Financial Inclusion

  Learn about the alumni of the Women’s World Banking Leadership and Diversity Program, who shared their experiences in developing and implementing gender-inclusive policies.   
Mar

LIVE TALK 06: Exploring New Frontiers in Gender-Smart Climate and Disaster Risk Finance Policymaking: A Toolkit

Explore new frontiers in gender-smart CDRFI policy making: existing policy examples, practice gaps, and future opportunities to achieve improved gender equality results.

Gender Working Group Meeting November 2024

On the 28th of November, the CoE Gender Working Group convened to discuss insights on integrating gender-smart approaches  in Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and…
Recent Documents
Country Case Study

Case Study: A vegetable vendor builds climate resilience through a ‘Heat Insurance’ scheme

Lilaben, a 50-year-old vegetable hawker in Ahmedabad, faced severe heatwave conditions last summer that caused health issues like heat stroke and boils, as well as business losses due to spoiled vegetables. Her family, including her husband (an autorickshaw driver), also lost ten days of income due to the extreme heat. After learning about the Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) scheme through…
Country Case Study

Case Study: Braving record heatwaves under a climate risk transfer scheme

This case study highlights the story of Bhagyashree Benn, a semi-skilled worker who suffered a heat stroke last summer, causing health issues and income loss. She later enrolled in the Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) scheme, which provides financial protection against extreme heat for urban poor workers. After attending a training workshop, she successfully claimed INR 750 when temperatures exceeded 43.7°C.…
Country Case Study

Case Study: CRI a protective coverage to a disabled family

Rekha Ben, a hospital cleaner, and her husband, a driver, face challenges due to extreme weather, especially for their disabled daughter who suffers from heat-related health issues. In 2024, Rekha enrolled in the Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) scheme to help with medical expenses when her daughter experienced a heat stroke. After learning about the scheme through workshops, Rekha applied for…
Country Case Study

Case Study: CRI mitigates urban poor’s vulnerability through climate risk transfer

Hasumati Kailesh Parmar, a 50-year-old support staff member, uses the Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) scheme to manage the health and financial risks her family faces from extreme weather. In 2024, after learning about CRI through a workshop, she enrolled in the scheme to address her family’s health challenges, particularly her bedridden father-in-law and the skin burns she suffered due to…
Country Case Study

Case Study: Daria Ben mitigated climate risks through an insurance cover

Daria Ben, a 60-year-old widow, benefited from the Climate Risk Insurance (CRI) scheme after suffering a heat stroke in June 2024. Living in Ahmedabad with her family, she works part-time assembling electrical parts, earning INR 3,000 monthly. After attending a workshop on climate change and insurance, Daria enrolled in CRI and received INR 750 when temperatures exceeded 43.7°C. Daria, who…

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