Points de vue féministes et communautaires sur l’adaptation aux catastrophes

Récits de femmes de communautés locales des zones humides du Bangladesh

Auteurs-es

  • Margot Hurlbert University of Regina
  • Barsha Kairy University of Regina
  • Ranjan Datta Mount Royal University

Mots-clés :

gestion conventionnelle des catastrophes, résilience; adaptation durable aux catastrophes, adaptation aux catastrophes menée par les femmes

Résumé

Cet article explore l’importance du rôle des femmes dans les communautés vulnérables des zones humides du Bangladesh, surtout en ce qui concerne l’adaptation aux catastrophes. Alors que les catastrophes liées aux changements climatiques se multiplient, il est essentiel de valoriser le rôle, le savoir et la résilience des femmes dans ces communautés, y compris entre les femmes hindoues minoritaires et les femmes musulmanes majoritaires. En adoptant un cadre féministe, cette recherche étudie les dynamiques nuancées du genre, de la foi et des stratégies d’adaptation communautaire face aux catastrophes. Grâce aux récits et aux histoires de femmes locales, cet article révèle les approches novatrices et adaptatives qui sont souvent négligées dans les méthodes conventionnelles de gestion des catastrophes, le rôle prépondérant des femmes musulmanes majoritaires et leur « témoignage » de la souffrance des femmes hindoues minoritaires. Il souligne l’intersectionnalité du genre, de la foi, de la pauvreté et de la vulnérabilité environnementale, mettant en lumière les défis uniques que rencontrent les femmes vivant dans les zones humides. Les conclusions de cet article soulignent la nécessité de mettre en place des politiques et des programmes de gestion des catastrophes plus inclusifs et sexospécifiques. Elles appellent à l’abandon des approches descendantes au profit de solutions plus participatives et communautaires. En donnant la parole aux femmes locales au Bangladesh et en relatant leurs expériences, cet article enrichit le débat sur les stratégies d’adaptation durable aux catastrophes, qui ont pour objectif de renforcer l’équité et la résilience face aux enjeux climatiques.

Biographies de l'auteur-e

  • Margot Hurlbert, University of Regina

    Margot Hurlbert is a Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier 1, Climate Change, Energy, and Sustainability Policy of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina. She explores the gap between what is needed to address climate change and current policy and behaviour. Margot’s scholarship concerns climate change adaptation and mitigation, energy, Indigenous peoples, water, droughts, floods, water governance and sustainability, and achieving net zero emissions. Margot was Coordinating Lead Author of a chapter of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel (IPCC) on “Climate Change on Land” (2019) and a Review Editor and Contributing Author for the IPCC’s AR6 (WGI and WGII)(2021/2022). She also worked on Future Earth’s Earth Commission Working Group on Transformations (2019-2022) and is an expert panel member on “Adaptation” for the Canadian Climate Institute and on the Research Board of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 

  • Barsha Kairy, University of Regina

    Barsha Kairy is a student in the Master of Public Policy program at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy University of Regina. She belongs to one of the minority communities in Bangladesh. Kairy’s research interests include gender, climate crisis, community-led disaster resilience, policy, and decolonial community research.

  • Ranjan Datta, Mount Royal University

    Ranjan Datta is Canada Research Chair in Community Disaster Research and Associate Professor at the Department of Humanities, Mount Royal University, Calgary, in Alberta. Ranjan’s research interests include advocating for critical anti-racist perspectives on community disaster research, Indigenous environmental sustainability, community-led climate change solutions, and decolonial community research.

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Publié

2025-06-13

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Vol. 46 (2025): Early View: Gender and Climate Justice

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Recherche originale

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