The Andes took part in the Second International Women of the Mountains Conference that was held in Utah, USA on March 8-9. Miguel Saravia, Executive Director of CONDESAN, presented the paper “Andes and Women” .
Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agricultureICRISAT
The glaring inequality between men and women farmers in the African agricultural sector is alarming evidence that calls for fair, inclusive and sustainable development. Gender productivity gaps vary across and even within countries, but recent studies suggest that gender gaps are in the range of 10% to 30%. Gender gap in agricultural productivity means that crop production is lower than its potential. Closing the gender gap in access to production capitals alone has been estimated to have the potential of lifting 100–150 million people out of hunger, thus resulting in benefits that spread far beyond female farmers.
Investing in rural women farmers narrows the gender gap in agricultureICRISAT
The glaring inequality between men and women farmers in the African agricultural sector is alarming evidence that calls for fair, inclusive and sustainable development. Gender productivity gaps vary across and even within countries, but recent studies suggest that gender gaps are in the range of 10% to 30%. Gender gap in agricultural productivity means that crop production is lower than its potential. Closing the gender gap in access to production capitals alone has been estimated to have the potential of lifting 100–150 million people out of hunger, thus resulting in benefits that spread far beyond female farmers.
This presentation was given by Maligisa Dotto (Regional Commissioner's Office), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Answers Questions about Cleanliness of 10 SECoPA States and leading Cities, using "surrogate" data from American State Litter Scorecards and Major Magazine Assessments. Presented at SECoPA, Atlanta GA, September 2014. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
Presentation made by Christian Devenish, CONDESAN
--7 Countries, Common language (but many indigenous languages), democracies (at least 20 years in all countries). Armed conflict (internal - Peru, Colombia. War Ecuador-Peru)
--Andes mountains occupy 33% of total country areas, but hold 45% of total country populations.
Northern Andes - very populated. Big cities, lots of people. 8 Cities > 1,000,000 inhabitants . Great variety and complexity (diversity, society, etc, languages, etc etc)
Variation between % of country occupied by mountains, and % of country population in mountains.
e.g. in Colombia, most people live in the mountains, but mountains only occupy 25% of country. Ecuador 50% - 50%, AR very small % live in mountains, but mountains occupy >20%.
--Both some of the poorest and wealthiest regions in the Andes, depending on country.
-- Climate change impacts on individual species. Change in range size for birds (non-shaded bars) and vascular plants (shaded bars) for A. Unlimited dispersal and B. No dispersal, for the SRES-A2 emission scenario and both periods (2020s and 2050s) (outliers have been removed from the plot for easier visualization) - 11,012 species (1,555 birds and 9,457 plants)
-- Impacts of climate change
This presentation was given by Maligisa Dotto (Regional Commissioner's Office), as part of the Annual Scientific Conference hosted by the University of Canberra and co-sponsored by the University of Canberra, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research. The event took place on April 2-4, 2019 in Canberra, Australia.
Read more: https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/faculty-research-centres/aisc/seeds-of-change and https://gender.cgiar.org/annual-conference-2019/
Answers Questions about Cleanliness of 10 SECoPA States and leading Cities, using "surrogate" data from American State Litter Scorecards and Major Magazine Assessments. Presented at SECoPA, Atlanta GA, September 2014. NOT FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
Presentation made by Christian Devenish, CONDESAN
--7 Countries, Common language (but many indigenous languages), democracies (at least 20 years in all countries). Armed conflict (internal - Peru, Colombia. War Ecuador-Peru)
--Andes mountains occupy 33% of total country areas, but hold 45% of total country populations.
Northern Andes - very populated. Big cities, lots of people. 8 Cities > 1,000,000 inhabitants . Great variety and complexity (diversity, society, etc, languages, etc etc)
Variation between % of country occupied by mountains, and % of country population in mountains.
e.g. in Colombia, most people live in the mountains, but mountains only occupy 25% of country. Ecuador 50% - 50%, AR very small % live in mountains, but mountains occupy >20%.
--Both some of the poorest and wealthiest regions in the Andes, depending on country.
-- Climate change impacts on individual species. Change in range size for birds (non-shaded bars) and vascular plants (shaded bars) for A. Unlimited dispersal and B. No dispersal, for the SRES-A2 emission scenario and both periods (2020s and 2050s) (outliers have been removed from the plot for easier visualization) - 11,012 species (1,555 birds and 9,457 plants)
-- Impacts of climate change
Black Carbon, Sustainable Development and Regional Climate Change in the Hima...InfoAndina CONDESAN
Presentation made by Dr. Madhav Karki, Deputy Director General, ICIMOD
Outline of the presentation:
- Impact of climate change
- Key issues and knowledge gaps
- New phenomenon of Black Carbon
- Need for adaptation and mitigation for Sustainable Development
- Conclusion and way forward
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Woman and Climate Change: What is the connection?
Impacts of climate change, such as drought, floods, extreme weather events and reduced food and water security, affect women and men differently with the poorest being the most vulnerable. 70 per cent of the world’s poor are women. Even though women are therefore disproportionately affected, at the same time they play a crucial role in climate change adaptation and mitigation actions. It is increasingly evident that involving women and men in all decision-making processes on climate action is a significant factor in meeting the climate challenge and achieving the long-term objectives of the Convention
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bring sediments rich in nutrients, feed wetlands, clean the canals, tributaries and branches, and much more. In the past, the highly predictable
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Women and the World of Climate Change- A Conceptual Foundation by Shraddha Pa...SHRADDHA PANDIT
This is a PPT on basics of "Women and the world of Climate Change". It is useful for BA as well as BA.LLB, BBA.LLB and LLM students for subjects such as Foundation Course, Gender studies, Environmental Law, etc.
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1. Andes and Women*
* Presented by Miguel Saravia, Executive Director at CONDESAN, in the Second
International Women of the Mountains Conference. Utah, USA, March 2011
The Andean Ecoregion is home of an extraordinary ecological and cultural
diversity where some 40 million people live.
The paramos, jalcas and punas are unique and diverse ecosystems but are
also under threat due to unsustainable human activity.
The Andean Ecoregion is central to the production of the water resources that
are used in a large part of South America.
The rural economy depends greatly on farm irrigation, which is often based on
centuries-old systems and knowledge but is also a major source of conflict in the
Andes. In addition, water is a resource that links the country to the city.
The lack of basic infrastructure and access to basic services like health and
education; the isolation; the language barriers; and the weakness of their social
organizations are additional factors that seriously affect the livelihoods of
Andean Ecoregion, specially, the indigenous women.
In our countries, men are still seen as heads of the household unless the
woman is widowed or divorced.
Despite the fact that women in the rural areas play an active role in farming,
they are mainly concerned with the house, small animals and the children.
Women are also involved in mother's clubs, giving talks on nutrition, family
planning and so on - responsibilities which fit more easily with the traditional role
of carer.
2. Some women take on work, to increase the family income but tend not to see
these as "jobs"; rather as just helping out the family.
Women still rarely hold positions of authority but have worked effectively in
women's committees fighting for better living conditions.
An example of this is the case of Pamparomás Women's association. The
following short video briefly describe the story of a particular group of women
leaders in a remote Andean community of Peru. They are working and learning
together about their rights and how to use them into a male lead society.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDYAP23W6pM
As indicated by Soledad Ibañez, president of the Pamparomás Women's
association, several women in the Andes are phasing challenges as the ones
explained before. However they are also moving forward towards a society
where they are listened and respected as an equal human being.
CONDESAN and the Mountain Partnership members in the Andes are working
together around strategies to face the challenges that the Andean territory will
experience in coming years.
The Andean territory is not foreign to the global environmental dynamic, marked
by a diversity of interrelated phenomena, such as the modification of physical
and biogeochemical environments and processes that impact in the livelihoods
and welfare of the population worldwide.
As said at the beginning, the Andes harbors the most extense and diverse
tropical mountain ecosystems in the world but, at the same time, these are
fragile environments, subject to the effects of climate change and the dynamics
of land use and transformation.
In the same way, agro-ecosystems that constitute a large portion of the Andean
territory, are equally vulnerable and face similar problems.
3. In this context, it is imperative to analyze the relations between social and
environmental systems in order to have a better understanding of the degree of
vulnerability of rural Andean populations. At the same time, it is necessary to
keep a critical approach regarding the significant differences existing among the
inhabitants of rural areas, which implies different impacts and a range of
possible answers and measures available to mitigate those vulnerabilities.
Aside from mining, the intensive exploration of new water sources, the mega
infrastructure projects, energy generation projects, the production of biofuels
and the expansion of crops of commercial interest in intensive schemes,
generate alterations in the ecosystems and changes in the use of land. These
dynamics mobilize economic resources to regions, but also affect Andean
population that are most vulnerable and least prepared to take on these
changes.
Pampamás is only one of the several examples of how poor women in the
Andes are organizing themselves to improve their livelihoods and to understand
the connection between women rights, environmental protection and a better life
for them and their families.
CONDESAN and the Mountain Partnership members in the Andes are
committed to continue supporting them. I am sure now, that we can count on
you too.
Thank you very much.