Gender

This paper analyzes sex-differentiated use, decision-making and perceptions regarding communal forests in indigenous communities of Nicaragua's Atlantic coast. Methods include...

Authors: Evans, K.; Flores, S.; Larson, A.M.; Marchena, R.; Müller, P.; Pikitle, A.

Numerous conceptual and empirical studies have been undertaken on the participation of women in decision-making bodies related to forestry. However,...

Authors: Pham, T.T.; Mai, Y.H.; Moeliono, M.; Brockhaus, M.

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Authors: Asher, K.; Sijapati Basnett, B.

Drawing on feminist and development literature, this paper suggests several important lessons and considerations for building equitable approaches to REDD+....

Authors: Bee, B.A.; Sijapati Basnett, B.

Activities and roles in value chains of forest products in the Congo Basin are highly gendered, varying with the product's...

Authors: Ingram, V.; Schure, J.; Tieguhong, J.C.; Ndoye, O.; Awono, A.; Iponga, D.M.

Pre-colonial patterns of trade in West Africa included exchanges of shea in periodic local and regional markets. The collection, processing...

Authors: Wardell, D.A.; Fold, N.

Gender and governance or management are topics that have been inadequately addressed by researchers, with resulting very slow progress towards gender...

Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.; Achdiawan, R.; Adnan, H.; Erni; Yuliani, L.; Balang; LepMil

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Authors: Mwangi, E.; Mai, Y.H.

Key messages

• Although women's rights and participation may be granted by statute, they are not automatically exercised or implemented due to...

  Authors: Mukasa, C.; Tibazalika, A.; Mwangi, E.; Banana, A.Y.; Bomuhangi, A.; Bushoborozi, J.

"Participation" is an insufficient measure to safeguard women’s interests. Rather, gender-responsive analyses are needed to understand real and perceived gender...

Authors: Larson, A.M.; Dokken, T.; Duchelle, A.E.

The growing ‘multilocality’ of rural households and livelihoods, prompted by globalization and the expansion of markets, is likely to have...

Authors: Sijapati Basnett, B.

There is a strong legal foundation for gendered approaches to forests and forest resources due to constitutional guarantees and principles...

Authors: Mairena, E.; Lorio, G.; Hernández, X.; Wilson, C.; Müller, P.; Larson, A.M.

Despite legal frameworks, policies and strategies in Uganda to support equality between men and women, prominent gender inequalities still exist...

Authors: Mukasa, C.; Tibazalika. A.; Mango, A.; Muloki, H.N.

Between 2001–2011, the evaluation of men’s and women’s participation in community forestry initiatives and the commercialising of forest products and...

Authors: Mai, Y.H.; Mwangi, E.; Wan, M.

Despite greater participation of communities in forest management in Uganda, women have been largely shut out of decision making. ...

Authors: Banana, A.Y.; Bukenya, M.; Arinaitwe, E.; Birabwa, B.; Ssekindi, S.

Although most of the state agencies and NGOs studied have some kind of gender policy or strategy, very few promote...

Authors: Mairena, E.; Lorio, G.; Hernández, X.; Wilson, C.; Müller, P.; Larson, A.M.

Management of forests is intimately linked to the rights and access of forest-dependent women and their families. Reforms in...

Authors: Yan, S.; Mwangi, E.; Meinzen-Dick, R.; Bose, P.; Shanley, P.; Da Silva, F.C.; Macdonald, T.

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Authors: CIFOR;

Women’s participation in decision making at the user-group level and in forest committees has been demonstrated to have a positive...

Authors: Yan Sun; Mwangi, E.; Meinzen-Dick, R.

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CIFOR scientists are now asked to actively consider whether and how gender is relevant to their research. Consequently, you must...

Authors: CIFOR;

Social attributes such as gender, wealth, age, ethnicity, migration status and religion can confer systematic disadvantages by making it difficult...

Authors: CIFOR;

Women in Nicaragua’s indigenous territories face substantial obstacles to participation in decision making regarding forests and forest resources in their...

Authors: Mairena, E.; Lorio, G.; Hernández, X.; Wilson, C.; Müller, P.; Larson, A.M.

Over the past century, the management of forest resources in Uganda has vacillated from a centralised to a decentralised approach....

Authors: Banana, A.Y.; Bukenya, M.; Arinaitwe, E.; Birabwa, B.; Ssekindi, S.