Care and Migration in Context of Climate Change: Using Mongolia as a Case Study

Department of Political Studies Corry Colloquium

Dr. Ito Peng is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Social Policy and Director, Centre for Global Social Policy in the Department of Sociology and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Abstract: Like other Global South countries, climate change in Mongolia has resulted in a steady and growing rural-to-urban migration over the two decades. Based on over 100 interviews with herder families, policy makers, researchers, and other stakeholders, I show the unequal impacts of climate change based on gender, age, and geographies, and how this is affecting women’s unpaid care work within households and communities.