BIBLIOGRAPHY
GENDER AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
BIBLIOGRAPHIES and FACT SHEETS
Febr. 2011
Annette Evertzen
Cummings,
Sarah; Dam, Henk van; Valk,
Minke.
Natural Resources Management and
gender. A global source
book.
The publication reflects experiences with
mainstreaming gender and women's issues in natural resources management. The
introductory paper focusing on the history and current status of gender and
natural resources management is followed by five contributions from
Lyrén, Lillimor.
Gender
and forestry. A bibliography. Umeå: Forestry
Library. SLU, 2004.
www.bib.slu.se/bibliotek/skogs/genus/genderandfor.pdf
The
result of searches in 19 different databases and library catalogues are
compiled in this bibliography of Gender and forestry. It contains 927
references. The terms used in the searches were forest, forest management,
masculinity, gender, sex & women in different combinations. The
bibliography is organized in a scheme with different headings: author (editors),
title, language, source, database, type of publication, country/region and type
of study.
The Sustainable Development web page
Literature “Women and the environment”. 2006.
http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/susdevwom.html
IUCN
- The World Conservation
Factsheets
http://generoyambiente.com/publications.php?t=5
Factsheets about all kind of
subjects related to gender and the environment: agriculture, forestry,
biodiversity, bioenergy, water, etc.
Also in Spanish.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Gender and
nutrition fact sheet. FAO, 2010.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al184e/al184e00.pdf
Women are in a unique position to
reduce malnutrition, but they frequently have limited access to nutrition
information and the resources to improve food security. This fact sheet looks
at how the social and economic inequalities between men and women often stand
in the way of good nutrition.
The right to
adequate food fact sheet. OHCHR /
FAO, 2010.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/FactSheet34en.pdf
This fact sheet explains what the
right to adequate food is. It illustrates the implications for specific
individuals and groups, such as women and children; and elaborates upon State
parties’ obligations with respect to this basic human right.
Gender and
Land Rights. Understanding complexities;
adjusting policies.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al059e/al059e00.pdf
A Policy Brief that illustrates some
of the issues preventing women from accessing land and offers guidelines for
designing better policies that address this situation effectively.
FAO, IFAD, ILO
Gender and
Rural Employment Policy Brief.
2010
1. Gender-equitable rural
work to reduce poverty and boost economic growth.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e01.pdf
Equal access to decent employment is
particularly important for rural women, as a means to ensure their families’
livelihoods and well-being. This Policy Brief presents key issues and policy
recommendations to help tackle decent work deficits and gaps.
2. Investing in skills for
socio-economic empowerment of rural women
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e02.pdf
Higher barriers in education and training
limit women's participation in better remunerated jobs and leadership roles.
This Policy Brief highlights the need to widen skills development opportunities
for both women and men to enhance rural productivity
3. Rural women’s entrepreneurship is
“good business”!
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e03.pdf
Rural women’s entrepreneurship can
provide a significant contribution to economic growth and poverty reduction. To
promote women-led rural businesses, programmes and services must therefore
respond to their specific needs and requirements.
4. Agricultural value chain
development: Threat or opportunity for women’s employment?
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e04.pdf
This Policy Brief provides
recommendations on how to minimize the risks and enhance the opportunities that
modern agricultural value chains can offer rural men and women.
5. Women in infrastructure works:
Boosting gender equality and rural development!
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e05.pdf
Rural infrastructure programmes can
create valuable work opportunities, as well as increase access to goods and
services for rural people. This Policy Brief outlines ways to include the needs
of both men and women when identifying, designing and implementing public works.
6. Making migration work for women
and men in rural labour markets.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e06.pdf
Migrants, especially women, are
often vulnerable to forms of discrimination and social exclusion. A combination
of legal, policy and practical measures that address their needs is therefore key to increasing their social status and bargaining power.
7. Breaking the rural poverty cycle:
Getting girls and boys out of work and into school.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2008e/i2008e07.pdf
Millions of girls and boys in rural
areas worldwide are child labourers. To end the cycle of poverty for the
children involved, policies must address the root causes of child labour and
promote decent work for adults in rural areas.
Bjørning, Gertrud; Kiørboe,
Elisabeth.
Integrating indigenous and gender aspects in
natural resource management. Guidelines for practitioners. IGNARM, 2005.
http://www.ignarm.dk/resources/Guidelines_for_Practitioners.pdf
This
publication is the culmination of the joint project IGNARM, The Network on Indigenous
peoples, Gender and Natural Resource Management, set up for sharing, exploring
and strengthening the participating organisations' experiences and knowledge
within the field emerging at the intersection between indigenous peoples,
gender and natural resource management. The network was formed by five Danish
organisations.
Earthsummit 2002.
http://www.earthsummit2002.org/toolkits/women/
This
web-site aims to help women's groups to use international agreements from the
whole cycle of UN Conferences and Summits in the 1990s and their follow-up
processes, helping people to use policy agreements and commitments in their
advocacy work, in concrete projects on the ground, and to monitor progress in
implementation. The Toolkit includes all conference outcomes and all subsequent
commission reports as well as relevant conventions, etc. It includes NGO
documents which were produced for the conferences and commission meetings, such
as position papers, background material, etc.
The Toolkit additionally presents
those documents for quick download. It
also provides relevant material from other stakeholders and extensive
information for networking.: a directory of online discussion groups (list servers)
and scheduled online conferences; structured and commented directories of links
by stakeholders and by issues. The Toolkit also has a directory of electronic
newsletters on women's and gender issues and action & campaigning sites.
Pages with training material and
training institutions as well as good practices collections are currently under
construction.
Flintan F.
Engendering
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC16021
This paper
discusses key issues identified through research carried out on ICDPs (Integrated Conservation and Development Projects) in
Africa and
Engendering
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC16016
This paper sets out to understand
what gender-based differences and inequities exist within communities, and how
these affect participation and the distribution of benefits in relation to
Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs).
Gender analysis of the impact of the project, and recommendations to increase
women's participation.
Engendering
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC15720
This report
discusses how differences within communities affect participation and the distribution
of benefits in relation to Integrated Conservation and Development Projects.
The report draws on experiences from south and south-east
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against
Women (CEDAW).
Guidelines for reporting on Article 14. FAO, 2006.
http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_pe1/pe1_060202_en.htm
The
present Guide on Article 14 of the CEDAW is primarily intended for Ministries
of Agriculture and other Ministries (such as Ministries of Land and Natural
Resources). It may also be useful for other professional groups working in
governments, NGOs and civil or private sector institutions. It may equally be
of use to policy-makers, and at the university level. The Guide also serves to
highlight the role of FAO, and especially its Gender and Population Division
(SDW).
This Guide is
divided into two major sections. Part One covers CEDAW and the background to
this Convention. It also includes advice on how to find information, how to
organise the collection of information and key questions concerning rural
women.
Part Two
looks at the role of FAO with respect to CEDAW. The issues addressed concern
the Technical Cooperation Programme, the contribution of FAO towards the
implementation of the Convention with respect to land, the FAO Action Plan for
Rural Women and the Action Plan of the World Food Summit.
Also
available in French and Spanish.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Rural households and resources. A
guide for extension workers.
Rome: FAO,
2004.
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/downloads/En/RHREn.pdf
This guide
was developed under the Socio-Economic and Gender Analysis Programme (SEAGA) of
the and aims to highlight major issues affecting rural households, and to
provide users with resources and tools for collecting, analysing and sharing
information about the constraints, opportunities and priorities faced by
communities, households and individual household members.
The guide
promotes the use of gender-sensitive and participatory approaches as a means of
achieving sustainable development that puts people at the centre of the issues,
analysis and solutions.
The SEAGA
Guide on rural households and resources (hereafter referred to as is actually
three interlinked documents made up of the following:
§
Part I: A
resource guide providing background information on household resource
management and an overview of issues to keep in mind when planning extension
interventions.
§
Annexes
containing a glossary, references and checklists.
§
Part II: A
toolbox for use in communication with rural people/extension clients.
Also available as Pocket guide.
Also
available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
FAO -
Food and Agricultural Organization -
Socioeconomic
and gender analysis (SEAGA). Rome: FAO, 2001.
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/4_en.htm
A
series of 3 extensive handbooks: Field handbook, Intermediate level handbook,
and macro level handbook.
These
handbooks are meant to incorporate socio-economic and gender considerations
into development projects, programmes and policies in order to ensure that all
development efforts address the needs and priorities of men and women.
They address hree levels of development workers:
§
Field agents
who work directly with local communities. The SEAGA field-level handbook
facilitates the participatory identification of the needs and priorities of
local men and women from different socio-economic groups.
§
Development
planners in public and private sector institutions. The SEAGA
intermediate-level handbook assists in the identification and analysis of the
linkages between the macro and field levels. It also enables the assessment of
the institutions organizational mechanisms from a gender perspective.
Policy- and decision-makers who work
at the international and/or national levels. The SEAGA macro-level handbook
facilitates gender mainstreaming in programmes and policies.
Also
available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Socio-economic
and gender sensitive indicators in the management of natural resources.
http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/PE09023a_en.htm
In spite of the many recent UN system-wide commitments and mandates to
evaluate progress made in gender mainstreaming, an assessment of the current
status of socio-economic and gender-sensitive indicators (GSI) in the
management of natural resources revealed an almost complete lack of practical
experience in this area. Not surprisingly, there was a
disappointingly low level of gender-sensitive monitoring of natural resource
management projects. To fill these knowledge gaps, this paper develops GSI
indicators through the identification of GSI factors that put differential
pressure on the management and use of natural resources. A core set of GSI
indicators was arrived at, based on in situ field verifications of the management
of agrobiodiversity in
IUCN - The World Conservation
Everything counts! Valuing environmental initiatives with a gender
equity perspective in
http://www.genderandenvironment.org/arcangel2/documentos/392.pdf
This book
contains a selection of 30 experiences from
It provides
examples of experiences about management practices involving forests,
environmental education, participatory diagnostics, alternative markets,
recovery of degraded water and land areas, alternative undertakings, innovative
field work methodologies, crop diversification, seed safeguarding, training and
gender sensitization programs, institutional policies and global agreements.
The
meaningful participation of women in decision-making processes entails carrying
out actions to overcome gender inequalities at all levels, including
participation, information sharing and generation, education, empowerment,
technology transfer, organization, financial assistance and training, among
others
Resurreccion,B., P.; Elmhirst,R.
Gender and
natural resource management. Livelihoods, mobility and interventions. International Development Research
Centre. 2008.
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/?doc=37844&em=220708&sub=gender
This book examines the gender
dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on
The book is centred around three
themes:
·
the changing global context with
which approaches to gender and environment must engage, particularly changes
associated with neo-liberalism
·
the ways 'gender' has been
incorporated in environment and development practices, especially within
interventions designed to accomplish sustainable development goals
·
the realm of gender, knowledge
and authority, and how gendered subjectivities problematise
simplistic mappings of gendered agency and environmental actions.
The book combines conceptual
argument with empirical material from a variety of political, economic and
ecological contexts across Asia, including
UNEP - United Nations Environment
Programme
Women
and the environment.
UNEP / WEDO, 2004.
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=468&ArticleID=4488&l=en
This publication makes
the often hidden links between women and the environment visible, with an
explicit focus on the gender-related aspects of land, water and biodiversity
conservation and management. The
book, drawing on observations and research by numerous individuals and
organizations including UNEP and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization,
contains numerous illuminating anecdotes and case studies that reflect the
crucial and all too often ignored role of women in the environment.
Describing the evolution of development analysis from a focus on women
as a separate group to its current more holistic emphasis on gender, the
chapter considers an analytical framework for future discussions of women, the
environment and development.
Vernooy, R.
Social
and gender analysis in natural resource management: learning studies and
lessons from
http://www.eldis.org/cf/rdr/rdr.cfm?doc=DOC20982
This book documents and reflects on
the steps that researchers are taking to implement social and gender analysis,
including questions of class, caste, and ethnicity, into their everyday work.
It combines both learning experiences and scientific results, representing
academic and non-academic sectors, a variety of research organizations, and a
number of natural resource management questions, including biodiversity
conservation, crop and livestock improvement, and sustainable grassland
development.
The learning studies from
WEDO -
Women's Environment & Development Organization - Rebecca Pearl
Common ground. Women’s access to natural resources and the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals.
http://www.wocan.org/files/all/common_ground_womens_access_to_natural_resources.pdf
This booklet
demonstrates how linking Millennium Development Goals 1, 3,
and 7 that focus on poverty eradication, gender equality and environmental
sustainability can expand women's access to natural resources. It illustrates,
through grassroots initiatives and real life examples, the linkages between
poverty eradication, women's empowerment and natural resources and provides
strategies, tools and actions for women's groups, NGOs, UN agencies,
governments and other institutions to integrate gender issues and women's participation
in the MDG process. Finally, this booklet contains resources for finding out
more about the MDG process and women's access to natural resources.
Worldbank
Gender in agriculture
sourcebook. Worldbank, 2008.
Women play a vital role
as agricultural producers and as agents of food and nutritional security. Yet
relative to men, they have less access to productive assets such as land and
services such as finance and extension. A variety of constraints impinge upon
their ability to participate in collective action as members of agricultural
cooperative or water user associations. In both centralized and decentralized
governance systems, women tend to lack political voice.
Gender inequalities
result in less food being grown, less income being earned, and higher levels of
poverty and food insecurity. Agriculture in low-income developing countries is
a sector with exceptionally high impact in terms of its potential to reduce
poverty. Yet for agricultural growth to fulfill this
potential, gender disparities must be addressed and effectively reduced.
Howard,
Patricia L.
Women in the plant world. The
significance of women and gender bias for biodiversity conservation. IUCN, 2001.
www.generoyambiente.org/arcangel2/documentos/413.pdf
This briefing deals with ethnobotanical
science and the way it is practiced, and about biodiversity conservation and
the way it is conceptualized and performed. It is about how gender bias affects
scientific knowledge of plant world and how this in turn affects our ability to
shape that world in the ways that we desire.
Howard, Patricia L.
The
major importance of ‘minor’ resources. Women and plant biodiversity. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural
Livelihoods Programme (SARL) IIED, 2003.
http://www.frameweb.org/adl/en-US/2430/file/277/Women_and_Plant_Biodiversity_NP.pdf
This paper describes how women
predominate in plant biodiversity management in their roles as housewives,
plant gatherers, home gardeners, herbalists, seed custodians and informal plant
breeders. It argues, however, that because most plant use, management and
conservation occurs within the domestic realm, and because the principal values
of plant genetic resources are localised and non-monetary, women are largely
invisible to outsiders and are easily undervalued despite this predomination.
Traditional knowledge and indigenous rights to plants are everywhere
sex-differentiated, and gender inequalities are also implicated in processes
leading to biological erosion.
The paper argues that achieving the
goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity, particularly those related to
sustainable use and to benefit sharing, will require much greater attention to
women's knowledge, management and rights, and to the domestic sphere.
Rodríguez Villalobos, Guiselle; Blanco Lobo,
Diversity makes the difference. Actions to guarantee gender equity in
the application of the Convention on Biological Diversity. 2004.
http://www.generoyambiente.org/arcangel2/documentos/414.pdf
This document
is basically focused on the recognition of the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) and the National Biodiversity Strategies (NBS), as participation
and awareness-raising mechanisms of our societies to build a new form of
relation between human beings and their environment. These worldwide-recognized
options, should also turn into opportunities to empower women and promote an
equitable and fair distribution of the benefits derived from the use of the
resources of biodiversity.
The book is
divided into three chapters. The first chapter presents a reflection about the
biological and cultural dimensions of diversity, how the CBD recovers them, and
the need to clearly set forth the fact that equity also entails a gender
dimension. The second chapter illustrates from the gender equity perspective,
the uses, knowledge, protection actions and distribution mechanisms related to
biodiversity resources. This section is conformed by examples that may be used
as material for group reflection. Finally, the NBS are addressed as
opportunities to strengthen the equitable participation of women and men.
Bravo-Baumann, Heidi
Livestock
and Gender: a winning pair. Capitalisation of experiences on the contribution
of livestock projects to gender issues.
http://www.fao.org/wairdocs/LEAD/X6106E/x6106e00.htm
Since women are the most important labor force in all livestock keeping
communities, and since livestock production and management are joint activities
in rural households, this report argues that the livestock sector offers an
excellent entry point. Based on the work of SDC and other organizations, and a
review of literature on this subject, nine main areas of livestock production
are explored. Included are: ownership of and access to resources (land, livestock,
capital, knowledge); division of labor; household nutrition; the household
economy; training in livestock activities; and the role of farmers'
organizations. An overview of experiences of integrating gender aspects in
livestock projects is provided, and key points, risks and best practices are
identified for each area. The implications of gender aspects for project design
and monitoring are emphasized throughout, with indications in each section of
required information and possible indicators needed to
facilitate integration of these aspects.
Brown, L.; Lambrou, Y; Birner, R.
Gender
in agriculture sourcebook.
International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2008
http://www.ifad.org/gender/pub/sourcebook/gal.pdf
This
sourcebook combines descriptive accounts of national and international
experience in investing in agriculture with practical operational guidance on
to how to design agriculture-for-development strategies that capitalise
effectively on the unique properties of agricultural growth and rural
development involving women and men as a high-impact source of poverty
reduction.
The
Sourcebook adopts the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) to provide a
conceptual framework for the complexities and synergies of gender equality,
livelihoods, food security, and poverty reduction. It provides practical
advice, guidelines, principles, descriptions and illustrations of approaches
that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming
in the agricultural operations of development agencies. It is intended as a
guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and
integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of
agricultural projects and programmes.
Each chapter
includes an overview, thematic notes and innovative activity profiles.
FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Agri-Gender
Database. A statistical toolkit for the production of sex-disaggregated
agricultural data.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/k8472e/k8472e00.pdf
This brochure
introduces the Agri-Gender Database, a statistical
toolkit for the production of sex-disaggregated agricultural data. It provides
examples of questionnaire components and table formats for the collection and
analysis of sex-disaggregated agricultural data.
FAO
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Gender-disaggregated data for
agriculture and rural development. Rome: FAO, 2003.
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/downloads/En/GDDEn.pdf
The
guide is intended for use by those seeking to facilitate change in approaches
to policy and planning design within agricultural ministries, national
statistics offices, and other relevant institutions. Specifically, it is
intended for those facilitating change with agricultural data and statistics
producers in those institutions.
This
guide contains several materials useful to facilitators planning and conducting
a workshop on gender-disaggregated data for agriculture and rural development -
whether long or short, focusing on data tabulation and analysis or
questionnaire design, or intended for more technical staff or decision-makers.
This
package provides facilitators and participants with exercises that lead toward
an understanding of what is gender-disaggregated data and why it
is important. It provides some tools for carving out a path towards a retabulation, analysis, interpretation and understanding of
data (and hopefully creating new data).
FAO - Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Gender
dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: Differentiated pathways out of
poverty. Status, trends and gaps.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1638e/i1638e.pdf
This
publication combines empirical data and good practices based on national and
international experiences
on
the gender dimension of rural and agricultural employment. The publication
presents an update analysis of current development issues that are crucial for
addressing rural poverty and achieving the Millenium Development Goals.
The
publication is structured into three main parts:
Part
1 is an overview presenting issues related to gender equality and rural
employment for poverty reduction, that includes the
construction of a gender analytical framework across regions and contexts. This
section also identifies appropriate policy responses and gender based
constraints to the achievement of decent work for all. Part 2 outlines and
analyses key issues. Part 3 offers a selection of
papers that cover thematic areas of particular relevance to discussions
about gender and rural employment.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
SEAGA livestock guide. Planning with
a gender and HIV/AIDS lens.
Rome: FAO, 2005.
http://www.fao.org/sd/seaga/downloads/En/livestocken.pdf
The
purpose of this guide is to support those working on livestock-related
programmes and projects, particularly in the design of these, so that they can
more effectively respond to the different needs, priorities, constraints, and
livelihood strategies present in rural communities or households. This guide
focuses on the collection and use of qualitative socio-economic and
gender-disaggregated data, particularly for use in project identification and
design.
This guide
provides a brief overview of some of the key socio-economic and gender issues
related to livestock production. In particular, it considers the impact of
HIV/AIDS on livestock production and related activities, as it is an
overarching development concern affecting all sectors, and increasingly all
regions of the world.
Also available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
The State of food and agriculture. Rome: FAO, 2011.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i2050e/i2050e.pdf
The
State of
The
gender gap imposes real costs on society in terms of lost agricultural output, food
security and economic growth.
This
report documents the different roles played by women in rural areas of
developing countries and provides solid empirical evidence on the gender gaps
they face in agriculture and rural employment.
The International
Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
Gender
and non-timber forest products. Promoting food security and
economic empowerment. IFAD, 2008.
http://www.ifad.org/gender/pub/timber.pdf
This
publication takes stock of past experience and demonstrates that there are many
opportunities to invest in non-timber forest products in support of rural
livelihoods and to promote better methods of enabling poor rural people, and
especially women, to benefit from the sector. It highlights approaches used by IFAD and
other agencies and emphasizes the multiple dimension of the challenges – in
terms of division of labour, differences in access to credit and market
information, and environmental issues.
It also illustrates the role of women as agents of change in this sector
in knowledge of natural resources, biodiversity and conservation.
Laudazi, Marina.
Gender and sustainable development in dry-lands.
An analysis of field experiences.
http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/J0086E/J0086E00.HTM
Dry-lands pose different challenges
for rural men and women because of their different roles, relations and
responsibilities, opportunities and constraints, and uneven access and control
of resources. By incorporating a gender perspective in policy, projects and
programmes, innovative ways of combating dry-land degradation and food insecurity
can be promoted, notably through a better understanding of men's and women's
roles, and their respective concerns and needs. This document looks at the
relationship between gender and dry-land management, based on an analysis of
relevant field experiences in Africa and
Also
available in French and Spanish.
Quisumbing, A.R.; McClafferty,
B.
Using gender research in
development. Incorporating gender issues improves development project design
and effectiveness.
International Food Policy Research
Institute, 2006.
http://www.ifpri.org/publication/using-gender-research-development
This practitioners' guide aims to
bridge the gap between research and practice. The guide offers a non-technical
presentation of research findings from IFPRI’s
multi-country research programme on gender and intra-household issues, along
with implications and key questions for integrating gender research findings
into project cycle and policy decision-making processes.
It presents empirical evidence based
on field research on the ways in which gender and intra-household issues, when
taken into account, can improve the design, implementation, and effectiveness
of development projects and policies, and then shows readers how to incorporate
the findings effectively into development programmes.
United
States Agency for International Development
Promoting gender equitable opportunities in
agricultural value chains. A handbook. USAID, 2009.
This
handbook is based on research studies and training programs conducted under the
Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project.
The
GATE project developed a suite of resources to provide development
practitioners with an understanding of and the tools for addressing gender
issues in value chain analysis and development programs.
The
Handbook covers conceptual and practical issues for addressing gender in
agricultural value chains and is divided into two parts.
§
§
Part II. A
Process for Integrating Gender Issues into Agricultural Value Chains. Part II
offers practitioners a five-step process for identifying and evaluating
genderbased constraints within agricultural value chains with tools and
worksheets for implementing the process.
World Bank
Gender
in agriculture. A World Bank learning module.
This module has
particular reference to the agriculture sector. It offers an overview; the
issue of gender in development work, particularly agriculture; the approaches;
the tools for implementing gender education and analysis across a variety of
sectors and geographic regions including slide presentations, exercises for
both trainers and audiences, sample terms of reference for contractors, and
instruments to aid with gender analysis; case studies; and references
World Bank /
FAO / IFAD
Gender in agriculture. Sourcebook.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/aj288e/aj288e00.htm
This
sourcebook aims to deliver practical advice, guidelines, principles, and
descriptions and illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve
the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of
development agencies. It captures and expands the main messages of the World
Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development and is considered an
important tool to facilitate the operationalisation and implementation of the
report’s key principles on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations (FAO)
Gender and land compendium of country studies. FAO, 2006.
http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_pe1/pe1_060301_en.htm
Hunger and
poverty are, in general, consequences of inadequate and restricted access to
land and other resources, such as capital, inputs and technology; being women
among those with less access to land, while accounting for a large share in
small-scale food production.
This
compendium has been put together to provide an improved understanding of the
complex issues concerning gender and land. It draws on research commissioned by
FAO, and has been compiled by the Gender and Development Service in
collaboration with the Land Tenure Service.
Also
available in French and Spanish.
Hartl, Maria
Rural women's access to land and property in
selected countries. Analysis based on initial and periodic reports to the
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (1997-2003).
http://www.fao.org/sd/2003/PE07033a_en.htm
This study
undertaken analyses information on the status of rural women as provided in selected reports to
the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) during
1997-2003. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women, ratified by 170 countries, is the only human rights treaty body
that deals specifically with rural women.
Countries selected for the study
were classified as low-income food-deficit (LIFDC) or had recently undertaken
land or agricultural reforms. The study analyzes how women's rights were
respected or not in those reforms and how their access to land and property,
inheritance rights and legal capacity were ensured. Statistics disaggregated by
sex on rural population, indigenous population, agricultural and rural labour
force, land distribution and ownership were also extracted; as was information
on gender units or focal points in technical ministries, gender mainstreaming
and national action plans for the advancement of rural women.
FAO - Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations
Sector
guide. Irrigation.
www.fao.org/sd/seaga/downloads/En/IrrigationEn.pdf
This
document is a guide to the integration of socio-economic and gender issues in
the sub-sector irrigation. The Guide has been developed in the context of the
FAO Socioeconomic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) Programme. SEAGA is an approach
to development based on an analysis of socio-economic patterns and
participatory identification of women and men’s priorities. The objective of
this approach is to close the gaps between what people need and what development
delivers. The purpose of the Guide is to support gender-responsive
participatory planning of irrigation schemes, and to integrate socio-economic
and gender issues in the planning process. The ultimate aim is to improve
irrigation scheme performance while strengthening the position of rural women
and disadvantaged groups.
Also
available in French,
Spanish and Portuguese.
Grossman, Anna; Johnson, Nadia; Sidhu, Gretchen (eds).
Diverting
the flow. A resource guide to gender, rights and water privatization.
www.wedo.org/wp-content/uploads/divertingtheflow.pdf
This publication highlights the
critical issues related to water privatization and women. Among the themes
included are: water as a human right; gender roles and inequities; global
policy trends; and governance issues. Case studies from
Koppen, B. van.
A gender performance indicator for irrigation. Concepts, tools and
applications. Research Report 59.
http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub059/Report59.pdf
Although gender issues are today a
priority on the agendas of irrigation policy makers, interventionists, farm
leaders and researchers, there is still a considerable gap between positive
intentions and concrete action. An important but hitherto ignored reason for
this is the lack of adequate generic concepts and tools that are policy-relevant
and can accommodate the vast variation in irrigation contexts worldwide. The
Gender Performance Indicator for Irrigation (GPII) aims to fill this gap. In
any particular scheme, this tool diagnoses the gendered organization of farming
and gender-based inclusion or exclusion in irrigation institutions. It informs
irrigation agencies what they themselves can do for effective change-if
necessary. The tool also identifies gender issues beyond a strict mandate of
irrigation water provision. The Indicator was applied and tested in nine case
studies in
Lidonde, R.A.; Jong, D. de; Barot, N.
Advocacy manual for gender and water
ambassadors.
http://www.genderandwater.org/content/download/414/4814/file/GWA_Advocacy_Manual.pdf
This
Advocacy Manual has been developed to assist members of the Gender and Water
Alliance who are involved in advocating for greater attention to gender issues
within the water sector. The Manual is principally aimed at GWA members
designated as Gender Ambassadors, whose role is to influence debates in
international and national water conferences and similar events, as well as in
relation to national water policy development, implementation and monitoring.
The Manual provides: information on various aspects of water management from a
gender perspective; practical information on advocacy, including the skills and
techniques used in lobbying, preparing and presenting speeches, and promoting
attention to gender issues at conferences or similar forums; examples of
training exercises which can be used to develop and practice advocacy related
skills; case study examples of the practical benefits of mainstreaming gender
in community level water initiatives, which can be used for advocacy and
training purposes.
Also
available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Maharaj N.
The
gender approach to water management. Lessons learnt around the globe.
http://www.genderandwater.org/content/download/234/2094/file/The_Gender_Approach_to_Water_Ma.pdf
In 2002 the Gender and Water
Alliance (GWA) held e-conferences around the theme: successes and failures in
gender mainstreaming in international water resources management. This booklet
is a first look at the lessons that are currently emerging from the information
that has been gathered.
Also
available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
SDC / DSC -
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Gender
and water: mainstreaming gender equality in water, hygiene and sanitation
interventions. SDC / DCS, 2005
http://www.deza.ch/ressources/resource_en_63846.pdf
This document discusses how
programme officers and water organisations can mainstream gender equality into
SDC water, hygiene and sanitation interventions. It illustrates how to
prioritise gender in terms of gender strategies and gender sensitive water
policies and ensure that people are engaged and remain committed.
The authors consider current issues
in gender and water and outline the areas in which gender perspectives need to
be incorporated into the design of development interventions in the water
sector. Divided into analysis, planning, implementation and monitoring and
evaluation, each stage includes key questions to prompt discussion and
reflection, together with additional information and suggestions for improving
practice.
SNV
Mainstreaming
Gender into water, sanitation and hygiene (
http://www.genderandwater.org/page/7316
This
training manual for water professionals on Mainstreaming Gender into Water,
Sanitation and Hygiene Programs is an integrated approach to gender and WASH
issues. It consists of session plans and training materials. It contains 5hree
modules:
Module
1 describes the situation with
In
Module 2 the theoretical concepts of gender are introduced. These include
social and gender analysis, gender roles and relationships and gender needs.
The different development approaches to gender are explored and clarified.
Module
3 deals with project implementation. This module begins with describing gender
mainstreaming and providing gender analysis frameworks and gender planning
tools. Gender sensitive indicators and a log frame for WASH programs are
introduced. Consideration is given to the
issues
of equal opportunity policy and sexual harassment. Finally, gender
mainstreaming both within an organisation and in projects are discussed.
UNDP -
United Nations Development Programme
Gender and IWRM Resource Guide. UNDP, 2006.
http://www.genderandwater.org/page/2414
This
resource guide on gender and IWRM is meant as a reference document to assist
water and gender practitioners and professionals as well as persons responsible
for gender mainstreaming, and anybody else who is interested in the water
sector. This edition of the Resource Guide divides the resources among thirteen
water sub-sectors, to facilitate access for specific purposes and water uses.
Introductions to the sectors describe current debates and gender issues.
References, resources (including manuals and guidelines), case studies and
relevant websites are all grouped by sub-sector. The
UNDP - United Nations Development
Programme / GWA - Gender Water
Mainstreaming
gender in water management. A practical journey to sustainability. UNDP / GWA / SIDA, 2003.
http://www.undp.org/water/docs/resource_guide.pdf
This guide serves as a comprehensive
and practical tool to help project managers, gender specialists and researchers
to mainstream gender into water management. Mainstreaming gender in this area
is critical to reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Developed in
consultation with stakeholders in various regions and supported by the Gender
Water Alliance, the guide consists of five parts: (1) An introduction and
overview notes on gender mainstreaming in integrated water resources
management; (2) An annotated guide bringing together a wide range of existing
tools and materials on domestic water supply, sanitation, hygiene, irrigation,
coastal zone management, and fisheries; (3) Briefing notes on bringing a gender
perspective to water sector capacity building, equality between women and men,
and institutional capacity to promote gender in integrated water resources
management projects; (4) Case studies and good practices from around the globe;
(5) A guide to gender mainstreaming within the project cycle, with suggestions
of how to tackle issues at each stage.
The
information is also available on CD-Rom:
E-mail bdp-water@undp.org
Aguilar,
L.
Training
manual on gender and climate change. IUCN, 2009.
http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2009-012.pdf
This training manual intended to
improve skills around gender and climate change and equip and develop trainers
in different regions and countries. It guides the reader through ten steps to
follow when planning training, including defining target groups, setting
objectives and evaluation. It contains seven training modules: gender and
mainstreaming; international law instruments; gender and climate change
overview; gender mainstreaming in adaptation; gender sensitive strategies in
mitigation; gender sensitive strategies in technology development and transfer;
and gender mainstreaming in climate change financing mechanisms. Each module
includes a description and analysis of the topic, the module learning
objectives and a range of practical materials and activities to use, along with
facilitator notes and handouts. At the end of each module there is a list of
further reading, and the manual’s appendix contains an annotated bibliography.
FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations.
Building
on gender, agrobiodiversity and local knowledge. A
training manual.
http://www.fao.org/sd/dim_pe1/pe1_060302_en.htm
The present Training Manual is based
on experiences collected in numerous training workshops carried out under the
FAO-LinKS project in Eastern and
One result of participating in the
training will be a growing awareness of the importance of gender and local
knowledge for sustainable agrobiodiversity
management. The issues of gender, local knowledge and agrobiodiversity
and their linkages are clearly explained. The sustainable livelihoods approach
is used as an overall framework to understand better these linkages. In
addition, the Manual gives an overview of the policies, processes and
institutions at the global level that may affect farmers and agrobiodiversity in general.
Also
available in French and Spanish.
Agri-ProFocus
Learning Group: Gender in value chains
http://genderinvaluechains.ning.com/
This online
platform facilitates exchange between Agri-ProFocus
professionals and others. Through it we aim to increase (our) gender
sensitivity in working in value chains. Contains: forum; news; events; cybrary; literature; tools and video’s.
ENERGIA
International Network on Women and
Sustainable Energy. "To Empower Women and Engender Energy".
ENERGIA is an international network on gender and sustainable energy
which links individuals and groups concerned with energy, sustainable
development, and gender. ENERGIA's goal is to
contribute to the empowerment of rural and urban poor women through a specific
focus on energy issues.
Contains
online training modules on gender and energy, and ENERGIA's
searchable publication database and annotated bibliographies.
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Gender
Contains: news;
why gender; FAO programme;
insight; projects; and, resources
Gender and land rights database
http://www.fao.org/gender/landrights
Disparity
on land access is one of the major causes for social and gender inequalities in
rural areas, and it jeopardizes, as a consequence, rural food security as well
as the wellbeing of individuals and families.
This
database contains country level information on social, economic, political and
cultural issues related to the gender inequalities embedded in those rights.
The
Database offers information on the 6 following Categories: legal frame;
international treaties and conventions; customary law; land tenure and related
institurions; civil xocity organizations; and, selected land
related statistics.
Dimitra Project
Rural
Women and Development
Since
1998, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has
been implementing the Dimitra Project
The
information contained in the Dimitra on-line database (in
English and French). contains profiles on
organizations based in Europe, Africa and the
Men and
women in agriculture: closing the gap
http://www.fao.org/sofa/gender/en/
The “Men and
women in agriculture: closing the gap” website features the findings and policy
recommendations of the State of
The site
offers a topical approach to closing the gender gap in access to agricultural
resources, with key facts and policy recommendations broken down by theme
including education, financial services, information and extension, land, livestock,
rural employment, farm labour and technologies, allowing visitors to quickly
access the specific information they need.
The International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD)
IFAD contribution
to MDG 3 – Gender equality and women’s empowerment
http://www.ifad.org/gender/index.htm
This section
illustrates IFAD's evolving approaches to gender
mainstreaming and women’s empowerment, demonstrating how the approaches have
developed in recent years and how they differ across regions.
The website
contains policies and strategies, plan of action, and framework; programmes;
knowledge notes,
thematic and country studies,
tools and guidelines and publications.
Rural Development Institute (RDI).
An institute of land law and policy.
Women and Land Program.
http://www.rdiland.org/OURWORK/OurWork_WomenLand.html
Attorneys
at RDI help the rural poor in developing countries obtain legal rights to land.
In their Women and Land Program, RDI has analysed and provided recommendations
on women's access to and rights to land in
RDI publications include an online
collection of reports on land
rights, foreign aid & development: articles in academic, law, policy journals, and the press, and topical
studies published by agencies such as The World Bank and the Food &
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
World Bank
Gender
and Rural Development
Part
of the Rural Development website of the World Bank, containing resources from
the World Bank, other publications, regional gender sites, and sites from
partners,
Websites concerning WATER:
Gender
and Water
http://www.genderandwater.org/
The
gender and Water Alliance was established during the World Water Forum in
Because
of the pooled experience and skills contained in this network, the GWA offers a
mix of information and knowledge sharing activities such as electronic conferencing,
a web site, advocacy leaflets and video, annual reports, capacity building and
pilot programmes.
Also available in French,
Spanish and Portuguese.
United Nations Development Program
(UNDP)
The Gender and Water Resource Guide
http://www.undp.org/water/crosscutting/genderguide/index.html
The
Gender and Water Resource Guide has been developed to assist practitioners in
mainstreaming gender within the context of integrated water resources
management (IWRM). The mainstreaming of gender is critical to reach the
Millennium Development Goals as well as the Johannesburg Plan of
Implementation. The resource guide consolidates available materials and gives a
quick guide to accessing existing information. UNDP and its partners will aim
to continually update the guide in order to keep abreast of new materials,
information and concepts.
The
site contains: overview notes, guide to resources on gender and NRM, briefing
notes, Case studies and good practices, gender mainstreaming within the project
cycle, glossary, bibliography, and links.