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Gender and Poverty-related Barriers of the Urban Poor to access Climate and Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance: Evidence from the Mahila Housing Trust in India

The findings of this study are intended to inform and enable the adoption of gender-responsive disaster risk financing and insurance approaches as part of comprehensive climate and disaster risk management strategies. Interviews were conducted with the Mahila Housing SEWA Trust’s staff in India and urban poor women groups to include their first-hand experiences in dealing with climate risk into recommendations for designing gender-responsive CDRFI solutions.