Bañado de Tacumbú is one of the most vulnerable neighbourhoods to climate change in the city of Asunción. The frequent flooding of the Paraguay River completely inundates the area, causing destruction and losses in a neighbourhood where most households are at extreme risk of exclusion.
The situation has an important gender dimension, as most of the households are headed by women. Women and girls are also the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and are most at risk of poverty and exclusion.
The Inter-American Development Bank together with the Government of Paraguay is building different infrastructures to mitigate the negative effects of the river floods, including a new neighbourhood to rehouse the population of the Bañado.
Our advice to the IDB addressed both the urban project associated with the planning and design of the new neighbourhood and the programme of work with the citizens. Divided into two phases, the work included a Gender Assessment and a subsequent Gender Action Plan.