Gender, climate and knowledge: Timely information for women in crisis

In this three-part podcast special, you will hear leading researchers explore the important intersection of gender, climate, and knowledge. Recorded at the Gender and Development Conference at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in June 2025, in Norwich, UK, these conversations bring together insights from across the world.

Across Nigeria and Bangladesh, rural women are at the frontline of climate impacts: facing droughts, floods, and tidal surges that threaten their crops, livelihoods, and households.

In our third and final episode, PhD researcher Jahin Shams Sakkhar and Dr Helen Teghtegh discuss how providing women with timely, understandable climate information empowers them to take action and protect their communities. From translating forecasts into local languages to designing gender-responsive insurance schemes, these projects ensure women have the knowledge to make critical decisions. Equipping women with climate information is a form of resilience and climate action that safeguards families, farms, and futures. 

With thanks to CLARE, a UK-Canada framework research programme on Climate Adaptation and Resilience, for facilitating participation in the conference.

Music by Ben Sound