gender and women’s participation in redd+ national decision-making in vietnam
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Gender and womens participation in REDD+
national decision-making in
Vietnam
Pham Thu Thuy, Mai Hoang Yen, Moira Moeliono,
Esther Mwangi and Maria Brockhaus
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Gender and womens participation in REDD+ national decision-making in Vietnam
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THINKING beyond the canopy
Why genders matter to REDD+ ? Gender equality rights are human rights (UNREDD 2012) Mainstreaming gender into REDD+ can help improve the efficiency,
efficacy and long-term sustainability of REDD+.
Inequitable distribution of benefits and excluding women - - from meaningful participation in decision making may not yield intended
outcomes under planned REDD+ initiatives or may further impair
efforts at poverty reduction and sustainable resource management
not taking gender into account in policy research undermines potential opportunities for successful policy implementation as it may
distort the understanding of human impacts on resources
management, hinder forestry planning and skew resource allocation
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Yet.. Gender issues are not considered in national
REDD+ program policies and strategies
Ensuring gender equity remains a nice slogan Limited clear, detailed requirements and
guidance on gender mainstreaming at national and sub-national levels
Current benefit sharing mechanism and FPIC overlooked and lacks approaches to ensure that womens strategic needs are met.
Current effort only stop at ensuring the certain number of women participants
Inadequate representation of women: 2 women out of 15 members in national REDD+ steering
committees,
shortage of staff trained in ways to integrate gender into forestry/REDD+ activities
Lack of available data on women leadership
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THINKING beyond the canopy
Low level of womens participation in decision-making in REDD+
nominal participation: being membership of the group (REDD+ working group, womens union)
passive participation: being informed of decisions, attending meetings and listening
in on decision-making without speaking up
consultative participation: being asked an opinion in specific matters without guarantee
of influencing decisions
activity-specific participation: being asked to (or volunteering to) undertake specific tasks
active participation: expressing opinion, whether or not solicited, or taking initiatives
of other sorts and
interactive (empowering) participation: having voice and influence in the groups decisions; holding positions as office
bearers.
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THINKING beyond the canopy
Opportunities and barriers to womens equal access to and full participation in leadership and
decision- making
Opportunities
Current efforts/proposal in including gender dimension in national
REDD+/PES fund
disbursement/monitoring protocol
Donors pressure to tackle gender
Barriers
Lack of political will promote womens leadership
Lack of regular funding for capacity building for womens development and gender mainstreaming
Promotion requirements and recruitment process prefer men and
overlooks womens interest and role Lack of interest to fund gender study
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THINKING beyond the canopy
Recommendations
Government
Detailed guidance on how to implement and mainstream gender in current land use planning, forest land allocation and implementation of REDD+ for local authorities, particularly at provincial, district and commune staff
Capacity building and awareness raising for government staff on gender
Ensure process oriented rather tick boxes Allocate regular funding and adjust recruitments
and promotion requirements
CSOs
Promote and improve women leadership at local level and best practice on gender mainstreaming
Monitor implementation of gender related policies Academia:
More research and evidence, data on women leadership and participation