Farm women play a vital but often overlooked role in Indian agriculture. They are involved in activities across the agricultural cycle from land preparation to harvesting, storage, and beyond. However, their contributions remain largely unpaid and unrecognized. They face numerous challenges including gender inequalities in wages, lack of land and asset ownership, time poverty due to domestic responsibilities, and occupational health and safety issues. There is a need for policies and programs that promote women's empowerment in agriculture through improved access to resources, education, training, and recognition of their substantial economic contributions.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Food and Nutrition Security...ifpri_dhaka
This document summarizes a study examining the relationship between women's empowerment in agriculture and household, maternal, and child dietary diversity in Bangladesh. The study uses a new Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index to measure women's empowerment across several domains. It finds that higher overall empowerment scores, as well as greater group participation, control over assets and credit decisions, and reduced gender parity gaps, positively impact household and individual dietary diversity. The results suggest policies should strengthen women's access to and control over land, resources, credit, and leadership opportunities to improve food and nutrition security outcomes.
Integrating Gender In Agricultural ProgramsIFPRI Gender
The document discusses integrating gender into agricultural programs by addressing constraints women face in agriculture. It outlines why focusing on gender is important, then discusses constraints women face in accessing key assets like land, water, livestock, soil fertility, new technologies, extension services, labor, markets, and support services. It provides strategies to alleviate these constraints, like strengthening women's land rights, increasing female extension agents, introducing labor-saving technologies, and investing in market interventions to improve women's access and asset base. Case studies show promising examples of projects that have successfully addressed gender.
Gender plays an important role in agricultural development. Statistics show closing the gender gap could increase GDP by 9-16%, reduce hunger by 12-17%, and increase agricultural yields by 20-30%. While women constitute 50% of the agricultural workforce and produce 50% of the world's food, they only receive 10% of income and own 1% of property. They face disparities in areas like income, wages, education, and health. Addressing issues like food security, rural finance, land policy, markets, labor, and infrastructure could help empower women and boost agricultural productivity and economic growth. However, achieving gender equality faces political, policy, practical, and technological challenges that need to be overcome.
Jemimah Njuki, Sarah Eissler, Hazel Malapit, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Elizabeth Bryan, and Agnes Quisumbing
SPECIAL EVENT
UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Food Systems
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
JUL 6, 2021 - 07:00 AM TO 08:00 AM EDT
Role of women in livestock management, their constraints and training need-Pu...Dr Shifa Ul Haq
The document discusses the role of women in livestock management in Punjab, Pakistan. It finds that women represent about 79% of the rural agricultural workforce and play a major role in livestock activities like feeding, cleaning, milking and processing milk. However, they face many constraints like lack of education, access to credit, training and extension services. The document recommends improving women's access to education, microcredit, training on healthcare, nutrition, breeding and marketing to empower them in the livestock sector.
The document discusses a study on empowering women farmers in Bangladesh through a program supported by an NGO. It finds that providing women farmers with credit, training, and organization allows them to participate more in economic activities and decision-making. The study assessed the impact on women's economic and social empowerment, finding increased incomes, investments, mobility, and involvement in agricultural decisions when supported by the program. It recommends expanding similar programs to more smallholder farmers while addressing gender differences and crop needs.
Farm women play a vital but often overlooked role in Indian agriculture. They are involved in activities across the agricultural cycle from land preparation to harvesting, storage, and beyond. However, their contributions remain largely unpaid and unrecognized. They face numerous challenges including gender inequalities in wages, lack of land and asset ownership, time poverty due to domestic responsibilities, and occupational health and safety issues. There is a need for policies and programs that promote women's empowerment in agriculture through improved access to resources, education, training, and recognition of their substantial economic contributions.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture: What Role for Food and Nutrition Security...ifpri_dhaka
This document summarizes a study examining the relationship between women's empowerment in agriculture and household, maternal, and child dietary diversity in Bangladesh. The study uses a new Women's Empowerment in Agriculture Index to measure women's empowerment across several domains. It finds that higher overall empowerment scores, as well as greater group participation, control over assets and credit decisions, and reduced gender parity gaps, positively impact household and individual dietary diversity. The results suggest policies should strengthen women's access to and control over land, resources, credit, and leadership opportunities to improve food and nutrition security outcomes.
Integrating Gender In Agricultural ProgramsIFPRI Gender
The document discusses integrating gender into agricultural programs by addressing constraints women face in agriculture. It outlines why focusing on gender is important, then discusses constraints women face in accessing key assets like land, water, livestock, soil fertility, new technologies, extension services, labor, markets, and support services. It provides strategies to alleviate these constraints, like strengthening women's land rights, increasing female extension agents, introducing labor-saving technologies, and investing in market interventions to improve women's access and asset base. Case studies show promising examples of projects that have successfully addressed gender.
Gender plays an important role in agricultural development. Statistics show closing the gender gap could increase GDP by 9-16%, reduce hunger by 12-17%, and increase agricultural yields by 20-30%. While women constitute 50% of the agricultural workforce and produce 50% of the world's food, they only receive 10% of income and own 1% of property. They face disparities in areas like income, wages, education, and health. Addressing issues like food security, rural finance, land policy, markets, labor, and infrastructure could help empower women and boost agricultural productivity and economic growth. However, achieving gender equality faces political, policy, practical, and technological challenges that need to be overcome.
Jemimah Njuki, Sarah Eissler, Hazel Malapit, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Elizabeth Bryan, and Agnes Quisumbing
SPECIAL EVENT
UNFSS Science Days Side Event: Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment, and Food Systems
Co-Organized by IFPRI and Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA)
JUL 6, 2021 - 07:00 AM TO 08:00 AM EDT
Role of women in livestock management, their constraints and training need-Pu...Dr Shifa Ul Haq
The document discusses the role of women in livestock management in Punjab, Pakistan. It finds that women represent about 79% of the rural agricultural workforce and play a major role in livestock activities like feeding, cleaning, milking and processing milk. However, they face many constraints like lack of education, access to credit, training and extension services. The document recommends improving women's access to education, microcredit, training on healthcare, nutrition, breeding and marketing to empower them in the livestock sector.
The document discusses a study on empowering women farmers in Bangladesh through a program supported by an NGO. It finds that providing women farmers with credit, training, and organization allows them to participate more in economic activities and decision-making. The study assessed the impact on women's economic and social empowerment, finding increased incomes, investments, mobility, and involvement in agricultural decisions when supported by the program. It recommends expanding similar programs to more smallholder farmers while addressing gender differences and crop needs.
B.sc. agri i bo a unit 4 women in agricultureRai University
Women play a significant yet often overlooked role in agriculture around the world. They make up the majority of the agricultural workforce but face greater challenges like malnutrition and lack of decision making power. In India as well, women constitute the backbone of agriculture and are heavily involved in various farming activities as well as domestic and allied tasks. However, strategies are needed to reduce the drudgery of women farmers through empowerment, appropriate technologies, and ensuring equal rights and representation.
The 'Invisible Half': Recognizing the contribution of women in agriculture ILRI
Presented by Purvi Mehta and Sapna Jarial at the Regional Conference of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists, New Delhi, India, 12-13 October 2012
Women play an important economic role in Bangladesh, particularly in agriculture, the garment industry, and small and medium enterprises. In agriculture, women make up 46.75% of the population engaged in the sector and perform tasks from seed selection to crop harvesting and storage. They are also heavily involved in livestock, poultry, and home gardening. The garment industry employs over 2.88 million women, comprising 78% of the workforce. SMEs employ over 87% of the industrial workforce but women entrepreneurs currently own less than 10% of businesses. The document examines the contributions and challenges women face in these three key economic sectors.
Female workers make up 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and account for about two-thirds of the world's 600 million poor livestock keepers. In least developed countries, 79% of economically active women work in agriculture compared to 48% worldwide. Rural women also typically work longer hours than men when accounting for both paid work and unpaid domestic tasks. However, women often have less secure rights to land, smaller plots of lower quality land, and less access to inputs, technologies, and extension services than men. Closing the gender gap in access to resources and services could boost global food security by reducing the typical 20-30% lower yields seen among women farmers.
Measuring empowerment in agricultural development projects using WEAI and WELIILRI
Presentation by Alessandra Galiè, Elena Martinez and Agnes Quisumbing at the 2019 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week, Hyderabad, India, 24–28 June 2019.
This document summarizes a study on organic agriculture and women's empowerment. It finds that conventional farming is strongly associated with masculine identities, limiting women's participation and influence. Organic and sustainable farming offers more opportunities for women, though the sector still struggles with gender biases. Case studies show that women often pursue smaller-scale, family-oriented organic production for local markets. While this empowers women economically, the gender division of labor is still not fully challenged on farms. Overall, the study aims to increase understanding of how organic agriculture can promote gender equality and women's meaningful participation in the sector.
This document provides an overview of a seminar presentation on women and agriculture in Ethiopia. It discusses the important role of women in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing up to 70% of food production. However, women face numerous challenges including less access to land, credit, extension services and technology compared to men. The document also outlines Ethiopia's national policies aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in agriculture through institutions like the Women's Affairs Office.
New microsoft office power point presentationRatika Kayastha
Women play a pivotal role in global food security and agriculture, contributing as farmers, laborers, and entrepreneurs. However, women face greater difficulties than men in areas like land ownership, access to resources, education, and services. This document discusses the status and role of women in agriculture in India and worldwide. It provides statistics showing that women comprise a major portion of the agricultural workforce globally and in India. It also outlines some of the challenges faced by women farmers in India, such as lack of land rights, lower wages, and time poverty. Finally, it discusses some government policies and initiatives aimed at empowering women in agriculture.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Nutritional Outcomes in Ethiopiaessp2
- Women's empowerment in agriculture is linked to improved nutritional outcomes for children and women in rural Ethiopia. Increasing women's decision making power over credit, income, and workloads saw reductions in child stunting and underweight as well as higher dietary diversity scores for women.
- While women in Ethiopia showed relatively low empowerment levels compared to other countries, interventions to further increase women's agency in agriculture can not only engage them more, but also positively impact nutrition. Empowering women is beneficial and has multidimensional returns including better nutrition.
This document is a student paper on rural women in agriculture in Bangladesh. It is divided into multiple sections that discuss topics such as the role of women in agriculture, their contributions to food production and livestock, and their participation in decision making and empowerment. The paper seeks to analyze the nature and extent of rural women's empowerment in Bangladesh and identify factors that influence it. It defines three dimensions of women's empowerment - socioeconomic, familial, and psychological - and discusses six indicators used to measure women's empowerment: contribution to household income, access to resources, ownership of assets, participation in household decision making, and perception of gender awareness.
Women role ,problems,solution in agricu;ture shivam1622
This document discusses gender issues in agriculture. It notes that women have extensive workloads from both farm and household duties. Their workload is increasing due to environmental degradation and changing farming practices. While women contribute significantly to household income through various farm and non-farm activities, their work is often underestimated. The document outlines some of the constraints women farmers face, such as less access to and control over land, assets, income, credit, and education compared to male farmers. It suggests some solutions like increasing women's literacy, providing more access to credit, and promoting gender equality.
Women make up a significant portion of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to over 50% in some parts of Africa and Asia. They perform many agricultural tasks like crop farming, animal husbandry, food processing, and household chores. However, female farmers often have less access to resources like land, credit, education, and extension services compared to male farmers. As a result, yields are typically 20-30% lower for women compared to men cultivating the same plots. Closing this gender gap in agriculture could increase overall production by 2.5-4% and reduce global hunger by 12-17%. Organizations are working to promote gender equality and empower women in the agricultural sector to reduce
Role of women in Agriculture a Lecture at Islamabad to Workshop on WID by All...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
Women play a vital role in agriculture in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan but face numerous challenges including lack of access to resources, markets, training, and decision making power. There is a need for policies and programs to empower women farmers through provision of agricultural inputs and services, skills training, access to credit and markets, and greater involvement in extension services and local institutions. Addressing issues of social and gender inequality is also important to improving women's livelihoods from agriculture in the province.
Women role In Agriculture A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Expert K...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
Women role In Agriculture A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Expert KPK at Peshawar Former DG Agri Extension KPK Province and Visiting Professor AUP PeshawarPeshawar
Role of women in agriculture in pakistan A series of LecturesByMr. Allah Da...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A series of LecturesByMr. Allah Dad Khan former Director General Agriculture Extension KP Province and Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan allahdad52@gmail.com
The document discusses the importance of integrating gender considerations into agricultural research and development. It argues that addressing gender issues is necessary to improve agricultural productivity and food security, increase sustainability, reduce poverty, and achieve other development goals. It outlines how agricultural R&D could be made more gender-equitable by involving women in priority setting, research, extension and evaluation. It also suggests moving beyond a focus only on production technologies to consider women's roles and needs across the entire food system. Finally, it proposes establishing a platform to support strategic gender research, capacity building, and institutional strengthening to help achieve this vision.
Improving Life of women in rural communityAbhaSingh48
This document discusses improving the lives of women in rural communities in India. It notes that women make up a large portion of the agricultural labor force but still face disadvantages in terms of pay, land rights, and representation. Their lack of empowerment can negatively impact their children's education and family health. Several programs and schemes aim to improve access to healthcare for rural women and address issues like malnutrition, disease prevalence, and maternal health. Overall, bettering the lives of rural women will require improving their economic contributions and social status through expanded education, land rights, minimum wages, and poverty alleviation programs along with enhanced access to resources like housing, water, electricity, and healthcare.
This document discusses using sports teams and leagues to teach geographic concepts. It provides examples of how the locations of professional sports franchises relate to concepts like central place theory, agglomeration, and Weber's least cost theory of industrial location. Specific leagues and teams are mapped to demonstrate fan allegiance and how radio station networks illustrate central place hierarchies. Potential relocations of teams are analyzed in the context of population shifts, facility issues, and markets being over-extended with multiple franchises.
Economic Geography Rick Gindele NCGE 2013Seth Dixon
The document discusses several economic geography models including von Thunen's land use theory, the bid-rent model, and Weber's industrial location theory. It addresses common questions teachers have about where these models fit into the AP Human Geography course outline and which models are least covered in major textbooks. The bid-rent model and land use theory are highlighted as being underrepresented. The document provides background on these theories and how they relate to determining optimal land allocation and use based on accessibility, transportation costs, and competing land uses.
B.sc. agri i bo a unit 4 women in agricultureRai University
Women play a significant yet often overlooked role in agriculture around the world. They make up the majority of the agricultural workforce but face greater challenges like malnutrition and lack of decision making power. In India as well, women constitute the backbone of agriculture and are heavily involved in various farming activities as well as domestic and allied tasks. However, strategies are needed to reduce the drudgery of women farmers through empowerment, appropriate technologies, and ensuring equal rights and representation.
The 'Invisible Half': Recognizing the contribution of women in agriculture ILRI
Presented by Purvi Mehta and Sapna Jarial at the Regional Conference of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists, New Delhi, India, 12-13 October 2012
Women play an important economic role in Bangladesh, particularly in agriculture, the garment industry, and small and medium enterprises. In agriculture, women make up 46.75% of the population engaged in the sector and perform tasks from seed selection to crop harvesting and storage. They are also heavily involved in livestock, poultry, and home gardening. The garment industry employs over 2.88 million women, comprising 78% of the workforce. SMEs employ over 87% of the industrial workforce but women entrepreneurs currently own less than 10% of businesses. The document examines the contributions and challenges women face in these three key economic sectors.
Female workers make up 43% of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and account for about two-thirds of the world's 600 million poor livestock keepers. In least developed countries, 79% of economically active women work in agriculture compared to 48% worldwide. Rural women also typically work longer hours than men when accounting for both paid work and unpaid domestic tasks. However, women often have less secure rights to land, smaller plots of lower quality land, and less access to inputs, technologies, and extension services than men. Closing the gender gap in access to resources and services could boost global food security by reducing the typical 20-30% lower yields seen among women farmers.
Measuring empowerment in agricultural development projects using WEAI and WELIILRI
Presentation by Alessandra Galiè, Elena Martinez and Agnes Quisumbing at the 2019 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week, Hyderabad, India, 24–28 June 2019.
This document summarizes a study on organic agriculture and women's empowerment. It finds that conventional farming is strongly associated with masculine identities, limiting women's participation and influence. Organic and sustainable farming offers more opportunities for women, though the sector still struggles with gender biases. Case studies show that women often pursue smaller-scale, family-oriented organic production for local markets. While this empowers women economically, the gender division of labor is still not fully challenged on farms. Overall, the study aims to increase understanding of how organic agriculture can promote gender equality and women's meaningful participation in the sector.
This document provides an overview of a seminar presentation on women and agriculture in Ethiopia. It discusses the important role of women in Ethiopian agriculture, contributing up to 70% of food production. However, women face numerous challenges including less access to land, credit, extension services and technology compared to men. The document also outlines Ethiopia's national policies aimed at promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in agriculture through institutions like the Women's Affairs Office.
New microsoft office power point presentationRatika Kayastha
Women play a pivotal role in global food security and agriculture, contributing as farmers, laborers, and entrepreneurs. However, women face greater difficulties than men in areas like land ownership, access to resources, education, and services. This document discusses the status and role of women in agriculture in India and worldwide. It provides statistics showing that women comprise a major portion of the agricultural workforce globally and in India. It also outlines some of the challenges faced by women farmers in India, such as lack of land rights, lower wages, and time poverty. Finally, it discusses some government policies and initiatives aimed at empowering women in agriculture.
Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture and Nutritional Outcomes in Ethiopiaessp2
- Women's empowerment in agriculture is linked to improved nutritional outcomes for children and women in rural Ethiopia. Increasing women's decision making power over credit, income, and workloads saw reductions in child stunting and underweight as well as higher dietary diversity scores for women.
- While women in Ethiopia showed relatively low empowerment levels compared to other countries, interventions to further increase women's agency in agriculture can not only engage them more, but also positively impact nutrition. Empowering women is beneficial and has multidimensional returns including better nutrition.
This document is a student paper on rural women in agriculture in Bangladesh. It is divided into multiple sections that discuss topics such as the role of women in agriculture, their contributions to food production and livestock, and their participation in decision making and empowerment. The paper seeks to analyze the nature and extent of rural women's empowerment in Bangladesh and identify factors that influence it. It defines three dimensions of women's empowerment - socioeconomic, familial, and psychological - and discusses six indicators used to measure women's empowerment: contribution to household income, access to resources, ownership of assets, participation in household decision making, and perception of gender awareness.
Women role ,problems,solution in agricu;ture shivam1622
This document discusses gender issues in agriculture. It notes that women have extensive workloads from both farm and household duties. Their workload is increasing due to environmental degradation and changing farming practices. While women contribute significantly to household income through various farm and non-farm activities, their work is often underestimated. The document outlines some of the constraints women farmers face, such as less access to and control over land, assets, income, credit, and education compared to male farmers. It suggests some solutions like increasing women's literacy, providing more access to credit, and promoting gender equality.
Women make up a significant portion of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, ranging from 20% in Latin America to over 50% in some parts of Africa and Asia. They perform many agricultural tasks like crop farming, animal husbandry, food processing, and household chores. However, female farmers often have less access to resources like land, credit, education, and extension services compared to male farmers. As a result, yields are typically 20-30% lower for women compared to men cultivating the same plots. Closing this gender gap in agriculture could increase overall production by 2.5-4% and reduce global hunger by 12-17%. Organizations are working to promote gender equality and empower women in the agricultural sector to reduce
Role of women in Agriculture a Lecture at Islamabad to Workshop on WID by All...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
Women play a vital role in agriculture in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan but face numerous challenges including lack of access to resources, markets, training, and decision making power. There is a need for policies and programs to empower women farmers through provision of agricultural inputs and services, skills training, access to credit and markets, and greater involvement in extension services and local institutions. Addressing issues of social and gender inequality is also important to improving women's livelihoods from agriculture in the province.
Women role In Agriculture A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Expert K...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
Women role In Agriculture A Lecture By Mr Allah Dad Khan Agriculture Expert KPK at Peshawar Former DG Agri Extension KPK Province and Visiting Professor AUP PeshawarPeshawar
Role of women in agriculture in pakistan A series of LecturesByMr. Allah Da...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A series of LecturesByMr. Allah Dad Khan former Director General Agriculture Extension KP Province and Visiting Professor the University of Agriculture Peshawar Pakistan allahdad52@gmail.com
The document discusses the importance of integrating gender considerations into agricultural research and development. It argues that addressing gender issues is necessary to improve agricultural productivity and food security, increase sustainability, reduce poverty, and achieve other development goals. It outlines how agricultural R&D could be made more gender-equitable by involving women in priority setting, research, extension and evaluation. It also suggests moving beyond a focus only on production technologies to consider women's roles and needs across the entire food system. Finally, it proposes establishing a platform to support strategic gender research, capacity building, and institutional strengthening to help achieve this vision.
Improving Life of women in rural communityAbhaSingh48
This document discusses improving the lives of women in rural communities in India. It notes that women make up a large portion of the agricultural labor force but still face disadvantages in terms of pay, land rights, and representation. Their lack of empowerment can negatively impact their children's education and family health. Several programs and schemes aim to improve access to healthcare for rural women and address issues like malnutrition, disease prevalence, and maternal health. Overall, bettering the lives of rural women will require improving their economic contributions and social status through expanded education, land rights, minimum wages, and poverty alleviation programs along with enhanced access to resources like housing, water, electricity, and healthcare.
This document discusses using sports teams and leagues to teach geographic concepts. It provides examples of how the locations of professional sports franchises relate to concepts like central place theory, agglomeration, and Weber's least cost theory of industrial location. Specific leagues and teams are mapped to demonstrate fan allegiance and how radio station networks illustrate central place hierarchies. Potential relocations of teams are analyzed in the context of population shifts, facility issues, and markets being over-extended with multiple franchises.
Economic Geography Rick Gindele NCGE 2013Seth Dixon
The document discusses several economic geography models including von Thunen's land use theory, the bid-rent model, and Weber's industrial location theory. It addresses common questions teachers have about where these models fit into the AP Human Geography course outline and which models are least covered in major textbooks. The bid-rent model and land use theory are highlighted as being underrepresented. The document provides background on these theories and how they relate to determining optimal land allocation and use based on accessibility, transportation costs, and competing land uses.
Scottish devolution and nationalism, Kenneth KellerSeth Dixon
The document discusses Scottish devolution and nationalism, specifically focusing on the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. It provides background on devolution in Scotland since 1999, which decentralized governance and transferred some powers from the UK parliament to the Scottish parliament. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?". The implications of a potential 'Yes' vote for independence are also examined, such as Scotland's relationship with the UK and EU, control over resources like oil, and other economic and political considerations. Uncertainty remains over various aspects of independence like currency, borders, and negotiations.
The document discusses the ongoing sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands/Malvinas Islands. It provides background on competing territorial claims dating back to the 15th century and outlines key events in the dispute, including the 1982 war between Argentina and the UK and a 2013 referendum in which Falkland Islanders voted to remain a British territory. The document also discusses international law perspectives on territorial claims and the role of nationalism in how Argentina continues to view the islands.
This document summarizes the geopolitical patterns in the South China Sea, including the littoral states that border it, how territorial claims are made according to international law, and ongoing challenges and exercises of power over disputed islands and waters. It outlines key concepts like the territorial sea, exclusive economic zone, and status of islands under international law. Recent examples are given of both China and the Philippines extending telecommunications infrastructure to physically asserted their claims over disputed areas in the South China Sea.
1) Interest in gender issues in aquaculture and fisheries has fluctuated over time, with periods of increased attention followed by decreased focus when funding dries up.
2) Past approaches have often focused only on women, ignoring how gender also shapes men's identities, and have proposed simple solutions that do not address underlying power imbalances.
3) Truly gender-sensitive practices require considering fisheries and aquaculture as complex socio-economic systems and gaining a stronger understanding of how gender intersects with other social factors like class. Breaking the cycle of rising and falling interest will need conceptual frameworks informed by social science and gender education.
Chapter 16 Lesson 1 The Middle East, Gr 7 GeographyWarren wOZfromOZ
This document provides an overview of the Middle East region. It begins with questions about the number of countries in the Middle East and their sizes. It then lists some of the key nations: Iran, Israel, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates. The document discusses the location of the Middle East and some of its subregions, including the Fertile Crescent, Levant, Plateau of Anatolia, and Rub' al Khali desert. It also notes how geography helped shape the history of the Middle East.
The document discusses the geography of North Africa, focusing on the Nile River. It notes that the Nile flows north from Ethiopia through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea, creating a large, fertile delta. It also references the Suez Canal as connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Deserts like the Sahara are mentioned, along with mountain ranges and varied climates across North Africa.
“Create, Nurture, Grow” projects a mix of feminine and masculine qualities and a dynamic vision for aquaculture. How well is this agreeably gendered image of aquaculture supported by the actual participation of women and men? Increasingly, aquaculture will need to prove its credentials on social responsibility, of which gender is a critical social dimension. In most aquaculture value chains, little research on gender and gender equality has been conducted, resulting in a poor base of knowledge from which to build a policy and action, and allowing opinion and pre-conceived positions to rule. A gender lens, which takes gender into account when examining the roles, powers, rights and relationships of people in aquaculture, is needed. A gender lens not only helps to understand the status of women in the sector, but also provides evidence on how to improve the outcomes for all people in the value chain.
To illustrate how gendered analysis of value chains can provide knowledge to guide socially responsible production, this presentation examines two aquaculture value chains –Vietnam shrimp destined for international markets, and mussels grown for the local market in Kerala, India. Because they are new and developing rapidly, these value chains are influenced but not bound totally by existing cultural conditions and economic structures.
In the Vietnam shrimp value chain, the major forces have been external markets, the environment and shrimp disease. The scale of operations has a major impact on social and economic outcomes and on gender roles and relationships. The evolution of the value chain towards industrial scale export enterprises has also created risks for small and medium scale enterprises, who must grow and/or cope. Women and men are both affected but tend to adopt different coping strategies. As scale increases, the work within the value chain tends to become more gender differentiated.
In Kerala mussel farming, domestic welfare movements and resources, such as the Self Help Groups and research-driven technology, have helped initiate the industry. In a rare development, women have been the major actors in what has become very profitable farming but individual and family farms also operate. Despite and because of the early success of mussel farming, second phase issues which have gender implications are arising, especially over the access to rights over farming sites, investments in new technology to grow the businesses and product quality assurance. Whereas the first phase was well supported by a highly gendered processes directed towards women’s welfare, the mussel value chain is likely to evolve a much different gender and ownership structure.
From these cases, conclusions and recommendations can be drawn to help aquaculture institutions and operators become more gender equitable and more socially responsible.
The document discusses a presentation by a group of students about the World Bank. It provides background on the World Bank, including that it was created in 1944 to lend money to countries for rebuilding after World War II. It also outlines several of the World Bank's policies for developing nations, such as increasing food production, reducing subsidies, minimizing trade deficits, decreasing population growth, and devaluing currency to increase exports. The overall goal of the World Bank is to reduce poverty globally by providing loans and assistance to developing countries.
This document provides strategies for teaching geography to help students understand the complex interconnected world. It recommends (1) providing geographic information and teaching geographic concepts, (2) using data, maps, and geospatial technology, and (3) asking questions that encourage spatial thinking. Specific techniques include giving students prompts, translating information into questions to identify, describe and explain concepts, making connections to new content, asking questions about how events may change locations, and making comparisons between places.
Only 27 of 57 public health emergency awardees included pediatric planning in their emergency plans as required. Barriers to adequate pediatric planning included a lack of funding, resources, communication and coordination between pediatric providers, treatment in rural areas, training, and processes to identify gaps in pediatric care and access providers. The document recommends consulting reports from the National Commission on Children and Disasters to address these barriers and better include pediatric needs in emergency preparedness plans.
Cloud computing pros and cons for computer forensic investigationspoojagupta010
This document discusses the pros and cons of cloud computing for computer forensic investigations. It begins with an introduction to cloud computing and its key characteristics and models. It then provides background on computer forensics, including digital evidence and forensic procedures. The document goes on to discuss virtualization and how it relates to cloud computing. Finally, it merges these topics and outlines the main challenges of applying forensic procedures in cloud environments, concluding that while backups may provide useful evidence, seizing data can be difficult due to data mobility and copies across servers.
This document provides information on the identification, composition, hazards, safe handling, storage, and first aid measures for a product called PLANTOCUT 22 SR. It contains a liquid mixture of biodegradable esters and additives. Key hazards include: if inhaled, may cause respiratory irritation; it is not hazardous to skin or eyes but should be rinsed thoroughly with water in case of contact; store in a cool, well ventilated place, away from food. Personal protective equipment such as gloves and safety glasses are recommended when handling.
El documento presenta el medallero histórico de la delegación argentina en los Juegos Paralímpicos desde 1960 hasta 2016, donde han obtenido un total de 155 medallas, destacando los 10 oros y 10 platas obtenidos en Tel Aviv 1968. En los Juegos de Río 2016 en curso, Argentina ha ganado hasta ahora 1 oro, 1 plata y 2 bronces.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park is located in West Texas and protects over 135 square miles of the Guadalupe Mountain range. The park showcases exposed layers of an ancient reef system that formed during the Permian period over 250 million years ago in an inland sea. Uplift and erosion over millions of years revealed the fossilized remains of the reef, including diverse plant and animal life from that era. Notable features include Guadalupe Peak, McKittrick Canyon, Pine Springs, El Capitan, and unique gypsum sand dunes.
Estimating the magnitude and correlates of poverty using consumption approach...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a study that estimates the magnitude and correlates of poverty in Khyber Agency, FATA, Pakistan using a consumption-based approach. The study finds that 48.1% of households are above the poverty line while 51.9% are below it. Depth and severity of poverty are estimated at 10.52% and 3.7% respectively. Factors found to positively correlate with poverty include dependency ratio, household size, age of head, and residence in kacha (temporary) housing. Negatively correlating factors include landholding, assets, and number of earning household members. A logistic model also finds illiteracy of the head, farming occupation, and lack of education/abroad income to
Women Economic Epowerment: Meeting the Needs of Impoverished Women WorkshopDr Lendy Spires
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The document describes the Global Women's Leadership Network (GWLN) and its efforts to empower women and girls through leadership development and economic opportunities. Specifically:
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This document discusses undernutrition among children in India and analyzes the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program, which aims to address undernutrition. It finds that while India's undernutrition levels declined in the 1990s, the reduction lagged behind other countries with similar economic growth. The ICDS program is well-designed to address undernutrition but suffers from mismatches between its design and implementation. Specifically, it emphasizes supplementary feeding for older children at the expense of crucial components for younger children. It also fails to effectively target the most vulnerable groups. The paper concludes that ICDS could achieve more by addressing funding shortfalls, improving management and community participation, and rationalizing its design based on evidence of what works best.
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against women in the form of male-female segregation reflects the core of the gender-biased structure. The
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relationship between the observed variables. The outcome of the study revealed that the SHGs have had greater
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1. Gender Empowerment
in Agriculture and
Development:
A Case Study usingAquaculture
Ken Keller
NCGE Denver 2013
kkeller1976@comcast.net
Kenneth.keller@cobbk12.org
2. Lesson Overview
Summary:
In this lesson, students will examine how empowering women in aquaculture can lead to positive
outcomes for gender equity and a state’s overall level of development.
Unit:
Unit V (Agriculture, Food production and Rural land Use)
Unit VI (Industrialization and Economic Development)
Connections to APHG Course Outline:
V. Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use
C. Rural land use and settlement patterns
1. Models of agricultural land use
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types: fishing and aquaculture
4. Roles of women in agricultural production and farming communities
VI. Industrialization and Economic Development
B. Social and economic measures of development
3. Gender Inequality Index
C. Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development
1. Spatial organization of the world economy
2. Variations in levels of development (uneven development)
6. Sustainable development
8. Women in development and gender equity in the workforce
3. Essential Questions and Objectives
Essential Questions:
1. What role do women play in agricultural production in different
parts of the world?
2. What resources are needed to empower women in the field of
agriculture?
3. What is the impact economically, socially, politically, and
environmentally in empowering women in the field of
agriculture?
Objectives:
1. Students will be able to explain the difference in women’s
involvement in agriculture in LDCs and MDCs.
2. Students will be able to explain how gender empowerment
reduces a state’s level of gender inequality using the case study
of Bangladesh women in aquaculture.
4. Class Brainstorm #1:
What is Gender Inequality?
• Men and women are not equal
• Rubenstein: “The UN has not found a single country in the
world where women are treated as well as the men… The UN
argues that inequality between men and women is a major
factor that keeps a country from achieving a high level of
development.”
• Hillary Clinton on Gender inequality from Half the Sky:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQ8XwFMG5c8
http://www.halftheskymovement.org/
5. Class Brainstorm #2:
What is Gender Empowerment?
• Rubenstein: “…empowerment refers to the ability of women
to achieve improvements in their own status – that is, to
achieve economic and political power.”
• Used by the UN as part of the Gender Inequality Index:
http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/gii/
• Empowerment involves:
1. Level of education
2. Number of legislative seats held by women
Sheryl WuDunn on gender empowerment. TED talk : Our century’s
greatest injustice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFgPtuzgw4o
6. GEM ~ Gender Empowerment Measure
• Part of the Human Development Index
• Examines the extent to which women and men
are able to actively participate in economic and
political life and take part in decision-making
• More Power Higher level of Development
7. To the Maps!
1. Women in Agriculture
2. LDCs and MDCs
3. Gender Empowerment
What connections can you make
between these maps?
http://www.worldmapper.org/
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/cdp/ldc/profile/
13. Collaborative Group Activity:
Case Study Analysis
• Focus Question:
How will empowerment in small-scale agriculture result
in decreasing gender inequality and impact the
development of a nation?
• Small Group Work:
1. ESPeN Preparation including Gapminder Data Collection Evidence
2. ESPeN Talking Head Analysis of Bangladesh
3. Flow Chart Creation
(Small Scale Agriculture Gender Equality)
17. Synapse Questions
1. What are the long-term effects on development with training
women in the field of agriculture? Remember ESPeN! List at least
two for each category.
2. How are gender equity and economic development related?
3. Are women’s activities in aquaculture sustainable?
4. Explain how each of the following individuals (or models )would
respond to the case study results in Bangladesh:
A. Judith Carney
B. E. Adamson Hoebel
C. Demographic Transition Model
D. Johann Heinrich von Thunen
18. TED talk on Sustainable
Aquaculture.
How I fell in love with a fish
http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_barber_how_i_fell_in_love
_with_a_fish.html
(To be used after students complete the collaborative ESPeN activity)1.Share ESPeN ideas2. Share Flowcharts3. Share researchers’ flowchart and discuss the comparison to the flowcharts students created
(To be used in discussion or for homework)Carney: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZYtBa9T2s9kC&pg=PA421&lpg=PA421&dq=judith+carney+rural+land+use&source=bl&ots=gZlh6A0ZmP&sig=2yIojMsX_IYQ3gSu6lE0ysp-1W4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=CCnnUbrXLOzk4AOSn4CYDQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=judith%20carney%20rural%20land%20use&f=false