Tools and manuals
2020
Forest tenure pathways to gender equality: A practitioner’s guide
This handbook explains how to implement How are we doing?, a tool that enables participatory reflective monitoring in multi-stakeholder forums...
Authors: Jhaveri, N.J.
2014
Field guide to Adaptive Collaborative Management and improving women's participation
- Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM) is a transformative problem-solving and management approach to learn and act collectively to systematically adapt to...
Authors: Evans, K.; Larson, A.M.; Mwangi, E.; Cronkleton, P.; Maravanyika, T.; Hernandez, X.; Müller, P.; Pikitle, A.; Marchena, R.; Mukasa, C.; Tibazalika, A.; Banana, A.Y.
2013
CIFOR Proposal Assessment Tool on Gender for Managers or Reviewers: Has this proposal demonstrated appropriate attention to gender issues?
CIFOR scientists are now asked to actively consider whether and how gender is relevant to their research. Consequently, you must...
Authors: CIFOR;
2013
CIFOR Proposal Development Guidelines for Integrating Gender: Does your proposal demonstrate appropriate attention to gender issues?
As a CIFOR researcher, you are now being asked to actively consider whether and how gender is relevant to your...
Authors: CIFOR;
2013
Gender analysis in forestry research: what policymakers should know
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Authors: CIFOR;
2013
Gender in the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry: A strategy for research and action
Social attributes such as gender, wealth, age, ethnicity, migration status and religion can confer systematic disadvantages by making it difficult...
Authors: CIFOR;
2013
Introducing 'the gender box': a framework for analysing gender roles in forest management
This document is designed to aid foresters and other natural resource managers desiring to more effectively integrate gender in (primarily...
Authors: Colfer, C. J. P.; Minarchek, R.D.
2012
Forest research and gender: a review of available methods for promoting equity
Recognising widespread uncertainty about how to address gender within the forestry world (researchers, as well as natural resource, development and...
Authors: Colfer C. J. P.; Minarchek, R.D.
2012
The gender box: A framework for analysing gender roles in forest management
Recognising widespread uncertainty about how to address gender within the forestry world (from researchers, as well as natural resource, development...
Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.
2012
Women, men and forest research: A review of approaches, resources and methods for addressing gender
Recognising widespread uncertainty about how to address gender within the forestry world (from researchers, as well as natural resource, development...
Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.; Minarchek, R.D.
2012
Integrating gender into forestry research: A guide for CIFOR scientists and programme administrators
How do we integrate gender analysis into forestry research? Where do we start? What challenges are we going to face?...
Authors: Manfre, C.; Rubin, D.
1994
Time allocation studies: a methodological studies
Time allocation studies (TAS) are invaluable for carefully documenting what people actually do and for how long, providing detailed data...
Authors: Colfer, C.J.P.
Tips for asking gender-responsive questions
Year: 2013
This two-page publication highlights 15 key issues that researchers studying biodiversity management and conservation should bear in mind to formulate gender-responsive questions and conduct gender analyses. Attention to these issues will help researchers understand the gendered division of labour, gendered livelihoods, gendered access to and control over resources, and gendered decision-making processes that bear upon resource management and conservation processes in the regions where they work.
Practical tips for conducting gender-responsive data collection
Year: 2013
This two-page publication provides practical tips for carrying out gender-responsive data collection. The issues covered include paying attention to the composition of the field team, collecting gender-disaggregated data, examining how gender intersects with other forms of social difference, seeking appropriate approvals, scheduling activities at appropriate times and places, seeking privacy, using appropriate language, managing group dynamics and feeding back findings to participants in gender-responsive ways.
In Equal Measure: A User Guide to Gender Analysis in Agroforestry
Year: 2014
The book is structured to cover a range of gender issues in various forest, trees and agroforest management areas from tree species identification to landuse decision-making. Participatory research tools are featured such as ranking, mapping, modeling, participatory GIS; and other tools that can aid in looking at gender issues, roles and preferences primarily but not limited to agroforestry research and development.