wle core theme: gender poverty and institutions
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Core theme: gender, poverty and institutions
Nicoline de Haan
Senior researcher/Coordinator
n.dehaan@cgiar.orgPhoto: Ian Taylor/CPWF Mekong
“There can be no peace without equitable development; and there can be no development without sustainable management of the environment in a democratic and peaceful space. This shift is an idea whose time has come.”
Wangari Maathi, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 2004
Equity and Ecosystems
Source: Pascual et al. 2014
Equity triangle
………………..our entry point is gender – but not only……
GPI
Guiding principles: based on evidence & realities that:
Gender is inherently political and cultural; and dynamic;
Gender, poverty, and institutions are interlinked, and can not be dealt with independently;
Women and men have different roles, aspirations, needs, knowledge sets and opportunities; and will experience costs and benefits differently
Women have less access than men to productive resources and opportunities, but often carry the burden of providing nutrition and being guardians of natural resources;
Resilience, through increased access to income, assets and rights, is vital for women and communities.
Equity can be a real driver of change in rural development.
The institutional context behind gender
• Global work on-going on
gender – at many levels
• Increased
understanding of the
importance of equity in
societies
• Donors have taken it
upon themselves – to
push gender
• Through
• Within
WLE gender strategy
A hypothesis: Are women better stewards of the land, water, and
ecosystems?
• How do we increase
access of women to
land, water and
ecosystems?
• How do we increase
decision-making by
women on water,
land and
ecosystems?
• How do we ensure
women can use
these resources
sustainably?
• Research and outcome oriented:
The how of WLE gender work
•gender disaggregated
•the role of women
Gender aware
•gender analysis
•research questions on issues affecting women’s roles
•Intra-household dynamics
•gender is a research variable
Equity•research on norms, value an
•enabling participation
•approaches to transformation
Empowerment
“Gender mainstreaming is easily agreed upon and put on paper,
practicing it remains complex”,- M.Korma, AGRA gender officer
Gender mainstreaming: easier said than done
Specific instructions
Where GPI sits – what we can and can’t do
Looking for clear outcomes and OUTPUTS
Saying you tried to get the data, but women were too busy, will not
work
Talk to us about how you would integrate it
What can you change? Make a legitimate change to the world
When sleeping women awake, mountains move.
- Chinese proverb
U N I T I N G A G R I C U L T U R E A N D N AT U R E F O R P O V E R T Y R E D U C T I O N
THANK YOUwle.cgiar.org
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