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Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa
Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2026.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108195 Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa Hodes, Rebecca u17264962@tuks.co.za Lauwrens, Jenni McLachlan, Ashlee C UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender Communication Climate Change Intersectionality Social injustice Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2026. This dissertation investigates the different forms of climate change communication methods and materials used by three South African environmental organisations- GenderCC Southern Africa Women for Climate Justice, Project 90 by 2030 and Fossil Free South Africa. Specifically, the dissertation explores whether these environmental organisations consider the impact of climate change on women when representing women in their visual communication material. Considering this, this dissertation aims to answer the following research question: how do environmental organisations in South Africa contribute to climate justice or injustice through the representation of women and nature in their communication material? Data gathered for this dissertation was obtained through semi-structured interviews with two employees per organisation. In addition, visual communication material that was produced by the organisations and made available in the public domain was sourced, mainly via their Instagram pages. Secondary data was also used, in the form of reports and academic sources. The primary finding of this dissertation is that the three selected environmental organisations are grounded in the reality that climate injustices and social injustices, of which gender inequality is one, intersect. Intersectionality and context-specific approaches to the climate crisis ground their communication methods and communication materials. This grounding approach informs specifically the development of communication materials with the purpose to either create awareness about the climate crisis, protest environmental harmful practices and to encourage public and private climate change action. Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies MSocSci (Development Studies) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities SDG-05: Gender equality SDG-13: Climate action 2026-02-13T05:54:31Z 2026-02-13T05:54:31Z 2026-05-11 2026-02-12 Dissertation * April 2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108195 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.31302604 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender Communication Climate Change Intersectionality Social injustice Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title | Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title_full | Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title_short | Climate change adaptation and gender equality: a case study of communication by environmental organisations in South Africa |
| title_sort | climate change adaptation and gender equality a case study of communication by environmental organisations in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Gender Communication Climate Change Intersectionality Social injustice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108195 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.31302604 |