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Esther Mwangi, Concepta Mukasa, Alice Tibazalika, Abwoli Banana
Strengthening women’s tenure and rights to forests and tre...

Outline
• Policy background
• Findings of diagnostic research/situation analysis
• Adaptive Collaborative Management (ACM)...

BACKGROUND
“The government will ensure the integration of
gender concerns and issues into the development of
the forest se...

DIAGNOSTIC RESEARCH IN 18 COMMUNITIES, 3 DISTRICTS
(2010-2011)
Prominent gender inequalities still exist
in forest use and...

ADAPTIVE COLLABORATIVE
MANAGEMENT
Purpose:
 Enhance women’s participation
 Identify whether/how negotiation &
facilitati...

ADAPTIVE COLLABORATIVE MANAGEMENT: AN APPROACH
TO EMPOWERMENT (2011-2016)
 conscious efforts among voluntary groups to co...

 6 communities in 3 districts (randomly selected from 18
forest-adjacent communities in 6 districts)
 Six ACM groups inv...

Women expressed concerns over forest and tree-related
issues that included the following:
 exclusion from decisions despi...

M&E INDICATORS
 Number of women:
o in leadership
o attending meetings
o Participating or actively contributing
o owning t...

HOW WERE THESE OUTCOMES ACHIEVED?
 Capacity-building: increased knowledge, skills and confidence of
women
 Vertical link...

 Alternative livelihoods activities through e.g. village
banking schemes, provided independent income
sources
 Formal, r...

CONCLUSION
 Rights granted by statute are not automatically exercised due to ineffective or lack
of implementation
 Cust...

ACM FACILITATION: STRONGER WOMEN’S RIGHTS &
PARTICIPATION, REFORESTATION
http://www.cifor.org/gender/videos/uganda/
http:/...

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Strengthening women's tenure and rights to forests and trees and their participation in decision making

Strengthening women's tenure and rights to forests and trees and their participation in decision making

Strengthening women's tenure and rights to forests and trees and their participation in decision making

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