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concern of humankind, Parties should, when taking action to address climate change, respect, promote and consider their respective obligations on human rights, the right to health, the rights of indigenous peoples, local communities, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in v ulnerable situations and the right to development, as well as gender equality, empowerment of women and intergenerational equity.”n Adaptation: Parties acknowledge that “adaptation action should follow a country-driven, gender-responsive, participatory and fully transparent approach…”n Capacity building: “Capacity-building should be guided by lessons learned, including those from capacity-building activities under the Convention, and should be an effective, iterative process that is participatory, cross-cutting and gender-responsive.”GENDER IN NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONSAccording to WEDO’s 2016 analysis of 190 intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) submitted by countries, 64 include a reference to women or gender. Of these, however, several only mention gender in the context of the country’s broader sustainable development strategy, and not specifcally in relation to climate change policies. The analysis also noted that all 64 countries are non-Annex I countries, and the context in which women or gender are mentioned is most commonly in relation to adaptation (27 countries). This indicates that gender is rarely perceived as a relevant consideration in the context of mitigation strategies, which are the overwhelming focus of Annex I countries. Also, given that the vast majority of commitments in INDCs from non-Annex I countries are 4