Gender, Religion and Climate change: Women as Producers and Translators of Climate Knowledge and Expertise in Egypt
- Project status
- Ongoing
- Programmes
- ODA Challenge-Oriented Research Grants 2024: Environmental Resilience and Climate Action Projects
- Departments
- International
Our research considers how women can be empowered to contribute to climate adaptation in Egypt. In recent years, droughts and heatwaves have increased in frequency and intensity in Egypt, exacerbating the country’s water crisis. So far, efforts to tackle water scarcity have failed to secure public support, partly due to the top-down and technological approaches that underpin the government’s adaptation strategies. Expanding on insights from a previous project on climate change and religion in the Middle East, this project will bring together female scientists and female religious actors to co-produce alternative imaginaries of resilience that will support the development of locally meaningful climate policies. Such collaborations will help strengthen public awareness of water scarcity, build local adaptive capacities, and enhance water resilience in Egypt. Employing ethnographic methods, the project will produce evidence-based research that will help tackle climate change and its impacts in Egypt and the wider Middle East.
Research Team: Dr Hanane Benadi, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Dr Maha Khalil, Cairo University