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1 Acosta, M.; van Wessel, M.; van Bommel, S.; Feindt, P. H. 2021. Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation. Third World Quarterly, 23p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1882845]
Gender equality ; Agricultural sector ; Climate change adaptation ; Gender transformative approaches ; Policy making ; Women ; Local government ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Political aspects ; Strategies / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050354)
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01436597.2021.1882845?download=true
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050354.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050354.pdf
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Building on the conceptualisation of ‘the local’ in gender and development discourse, we explore how national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda perceive gender equality policy in the context of agriculture and climate change, to assess the potential of localised solutions to achieve gender equality. Using data from national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda (37 semi-structured interviews, 78 questionnaires), the study found that policy actors largely adhered to global gender discourses in proposing context-specific solutions to gender inequality. Our results show that although local actors identified local norms and culture as major barriers to gender equality, their proposed solutions did not address local gender norms, focussed on formal policy and did little to address underlying causes of gender inequalities. Based on the findings, we suggest that ‘the local’ should be reconstructed as a deliberative space where a wide variety of actors, including local feminist organisations, critically engage, assess and address local gender inequality patterns in agriculture and climate change adaptation processes.
2 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2021. Transformative solutions for inclusive economic growth in West Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p. (IWMI Water Issue Brief 15) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2021.204]
Social change ; Gender transformative approaches ; Youth ; Economic growth ; Communities ; Rural urban relations ; Migration ; Land access ; Development planning ; Institutional reform ; Policies ; Climate change adaptation ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Food security / West Africa / Ghana
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050505)
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3 Halliday, J.; Joshi, Deepa; Young, L.; van Veenhuizen, R. 2020. A call for transformative actions on gender and inequality. Editorial. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 37:3-5.
Gender-transformative approaches ; Gender equality ; Empowerment ; Food systems ; Social aspects ; Inclusion
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050550)
https://ruaf.org/assets/2020/07/UA-Magazine-37_web.pdf#page=3
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050550.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050550.pdf
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4 Joshi, Deepa; Gallant, Bryce; Hakhu, Arunima. 2020. Beyond just adding women: towards gender transformative food systems. Urban Agriculture Magazine, 37:6-8.
Gender-transformative approaches ; Food systems ; Women ; Political ecology ; Urban agriculture ; Gender equality ; Social aspects / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050551)
https://ruaf.org/assets/2020/07/UA-Magazine-37_web.pdf#page=6
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050551.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050551.pdf
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5 Bhattarai, B.; Upadhyaya, R.; Neupane, K. R.; Devkota, K.; Maskey, G.; Shrestha, S.; Mainali, B.; Ojha, H. 2021. Gender inequality in urban water governance: continuity and change in two towns of Nepal. World Water Policy, 7(1):30-51. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wwp2.12052]
Water governance ; Urban areas ; Gender equality ; Water supply ; Drinking water ; Water insecurity ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Women ; Inclusion ; Participation ; Awareness ; Decision making ; Water management ; Water policies ; Households ; Livelihoods ; Socioeconomic environment ; Case studies / Nepal / Kathmandu / Dhulikhel / Dharan
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050516)
Gender-based inequality has long been recognized as a challenge in water governance and urban development. Women do most of the water collection-related tasks in the majority of low-income country’s urban areas, as they do in rural areas for drinking, household consumption, kitchen gardening, and farming. However, their voice is rarely heard in water governance. When climate change exacerbates water scarcity, it becomes harder for people to secure water with more pronounced effects on women. Drawing on the narratives of men and women involved in water management practices and also the views of the stakeholders who are part of water resource management in two towns in Nepal, this paper demonstrates emerging forms of gender inequality concerning access to and control over water resources, as well as associated services such as sanitation. We found that women’s voice in water governance is systematically excluded, and such gender-based disadvantage intersects with economic disadvantage as women in low-income poor urban settlements are experiencing additional difficulty in accessing water and sanitation services. Gender inequity persists in the urban water sector, and of course the wider social structures, despite some progressive policy changes in recent years, such as the 30% quota reserved for women in local-level water management bodies in Nepal. The paper concludes that tackling gender inequity in water management requires a transformative approach that seriously takes into account women’s voice, critical awareness, and open deliberation over the causes and consequences of the current approaches and practices. Moreover, gender-inclusive outcomes on water management are linked to changes in areas outside of the water sector, such as property ownership structures that constrain or enable women’s access to water and related services.
6 McDougall, C.; Badstue, L.; Mulema, A.; Fischer, G.; Najjar, D.; Pyburn, R.; Elias, M.; Joshi, Deepa; Vos, A. 2021. Toward structural change: gender transformative approaches. In Pyburn, R.; van Eerdewijk, A. (Eds.). Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: past, present, and future. Washington, DC, USA: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). pp.365-401. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_10]
Gender-transformative approaches ; Structural change ; Gender equality ; Agricultural research ; Women
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050806)
https://ebrary.ifpri.org/utils/getfile/collection/p15738coll2/id/134685/filename/134891.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050806.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050806.pdf
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7 Joshi, Deepa; Braaten, Y.; Hakhu, Arunima; Pradhan, Rubina; Gallant, Bryce. 2021. Gender and inclusion in the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE): an end of program reflection and evaluation. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE). 30p. (WLE Legacy Series 5) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2022.207]
Gender equality ; Social inclusion ; CGIAR ; Research programmes ; Project evaluation ; Agricultural research for development ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Women ; Marginalization ; Social change ; Norms ; Learning ; Institutions ; Corporate culture ; Stakeholders ; Policies ; Diversification ; Impact assessment
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050977)
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The growing relevance of research on gender and social inclusion in agricultural research for development calls for systemic, transformative change processes. Transformative gender ambitions can stand at odds with personal biases and experiences that shape diverse understandings of gender, institutional values, structures and cultures that tend to reward technological quick-fix solutions, and other practical challenges to ‘doing’ gender on the ground. Very little is known about these challenges. How are these challenges navigated by (relatively small) teams of gender researchers, who are often caught between the demand for tangible fast gains on gender, and the intractable challenges of deep-rooted and complex, intersectional gender inequalities? This was the focus of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE) End of Program Reflection and Evaluation (EoPRE) to assess how gender and inclusion research is pursued, and the key barriers to knowing and doing gender in eight research projects. Adopting a reflexive, self-analytical feminist approach to evaluation, this EoPRE facilitated eight project teams, diverse and with an uneven focus on gender, to connect the dots between the processes of knowing and doing gender research. A key finding of this evaluation is that the need for change is foremost internal. We need to begin by fixing our personal biases and assumptions, and fixing institutional cultures, values and structures instead of just trying to fix things out there, including fixing poor and marginalized women. A key recommendation is to seek more regular and open conversations across researcher disciplines and hierarchies, and between CGIAR and external partners and stakeholders, including feminist grassroots actors and networks – on what works well (and does not) and why. This would allow us to grasp why we start with different meanings and conceptualizations of gender; how agile we are (or not) in adapting to changes on the ground; and how, through a culture of reflection and learning, we might shift pathways to more transformative change processes in a fast evolving and increasingly unequal world.
8 Mendum, R.; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Njenga, M. 2022. Gender integration strategy: approaches for research and development in a refugee context and other settings in Africa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 12p. (Resource Recovery and Reuse (RRR) in Refugee Settlements in Africa: Project Brief Series 2)
Gender-transformative approaches ; Integration ; Strategies ; Research and development ; Refugees ; Human settlements ; Communities ; Social change ; Capacity development ; Training ; Communication ; Outreach ; Learning ; Stakeholders / Africa / Ethiopia / Kenya / Uganda
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051177)
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9 Mapedza, Everisto; Dessalegn, B.; Abdelali-Martini, M.; Al Hariry, H. 2022. Gender mainstreaming guidelines. In Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Al-Hamdi, M.; AbuZeid, K. (Eds.). Water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: a sourcebook. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). pp.122-141.
Gender mainstreaming ; Guidelines ; Women ; Water reuse ; Sanitation ; Projects ; Gender equality ; Gender-transformative approaches
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051659)
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10 Mateo-Sagasta, Javier; Nassif, Marie Helene; Tawfik, Mohamed; Gebrezgabher, Solomie; Mapedza, Everisto; Lahham, Nisreen; Al-Hamdi, M. 2023. Expanding water reuse in the Middle East and North Africa: policy report. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 18p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2023.203]
Water reuse ; Water resources ; Water availability ; Water scarcity ; Wastewater treatment ; Municipal wastewater ; Resource recovery ; Water policies ; Water governance ; Planning ; Guidelines ; Irrigation water ; Agricultural water use ; Water quality standards ; Health hazards ; Sustainability ; Financing ; Cost recovery ; Business models ; Stakeholders ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Women ; Social aspects / Middle East / North Africa / Algeria / Bahrain / Egypt / Iraq / Jordan / Kuwait / Lebanon / Libya / Mauritania / Morocco / Oman / Palestine / Qatar / Saudi Arabia / Sudan / Syrian Arab Republic / Tunisia / United Arab Emirates / Yemen
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051838)
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11 MacArthur, J.; Carrard, N.; Mott, J.; Raetz, S.; Siscawati, M.; Willetts, J. 2023. Gender equality approaches in water, sanitation, and hygiene programs: towards gender-transformative practice. Frontiers in Water, 5:1090002. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2023.1090002]
Gender equality ; Water, sanitation and hygiene ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Women ; Women’s empowerment ; Policies ; Social inclusion
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052000)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frwa.2023.1090002/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052000.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052000.pdf
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The recent (re-)emergence of gender-transformative approaches in the development sector has focused on transforming the gender norms, dynamics, and structures which perpetuate inequalities. Yet, the application of gender-transformative approaches within water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) programing remains nascent as compared with other sectors. Adopting a feminist sensemaking approach drawing on literature and practice, this inquiry sought to document and critically reflect on the conceptualization and innovation of gender-transformative thinking in the Australian Government's Water for Women Fund. Through three sensemaking workshops and associated analysis, participants developed a conceptual framework and set of illustrative case examples to support WASH practitioners to integrate strengthened gender-transformative practice. The multi-layered framework contains varied entry points to support multi-disciplinary WASH teams integrating gender equality, as skills and resources permit. Initiatives can be categorized as insensitive, sensitive, responsive or transformative, and prompted by five common motivators (welfare, efficiency, equity, empowerment, and transformative requality). The framework has at its foundation two diverging tendencies: toward instrumental gender potential and toward transformative gender potential. The article draws on historical and recent WASH literature to illustrate the conceptual framework in relation to: (i) community mobilization, (ii) governance, service provision, and oversight, and (iii) enterprise development. The illustrative examples provide practical guidance for WASH practitioners integrating gendered thinking into programs, projects, and policies. We offer a working definition for gender-transformative WASH and reflect on how the acknowledgment, consideration, and transformation of gender inequalities can lead to simultaneously strengthened WASH outcomes and improved gender equality.
12 International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 2023. Gender mainstreaming in water reuse: guidelines for planners, investors, project designers and operators [Thematic Brief of the ReWater MENA Project]. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 4p.
Gender mainstreaming ; Water reuse ; Gender equality ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Women's participation ; Men ; Youth ; Children ; Employment ; Project design ; Planning ; Investment ; Guidelines ; Policies / Middle East / North Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052313)
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13 Nigussie, Likimyelesh; Minh, Thai Thi; Schmitter, Petra. 2023. Institutional gender mainstreaming in small-scale irrigation: lessons from Ethiopia. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 29p. (IWMI Research Report 185) [doi: https://doi.org/10.5337/2023.218]
Gender mainstreaming ; Small-scale irrigation ; Institutional development ; Irrigation development ; Development projects ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Strategies ; Women farmers ; Gender equality ; Equal rights ; Participatory approaches ; Decision making ; Smallholders ; Farmer-led irrigation ; Irrigation technology ; Microirrigation ; Climate resilience ; Income generation ; Markets ; Capacity development ; Water user associations ; Extension approaches ; Stakeholders ; Private sector ; Government agencies ; Partnerships ; Governance ; Policies ; Frameworks ; Social norms ; Communities ; Households / Ethiopia
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: IWMI Record No: H052414)
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Achieving gender equality in irrigation can result in greater production, income, and job opportunities for both men and women smallholder farmers from diverse social groups, while building climate resilience in sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, national irrigation agencies, donors, and researchers have been assisting project implementers to mainstream gender issues into the planning and implementation of irrigation programs. However, although efforts to close gender gaps in irrigation have been increasing, little is known about how interactions among institutions at different scales may determine the success of gender-mainstreaming strategies. This study presents a qualitative analysis of how the interaction of institutions at multiple levels can shape the success of gender-mainstreaming strategies. Specifically, the study analyzed how institutions' rules, roles, and capacities at state, market, community, and household levels shaped strategies in Ethiopia's nine small-scale and micro irrigation development projects. The findings show that ‘rule-based’ strategies adopted by small, scheme-based irrigation projects emphasize policies and rules for equal rights and opportunities for equal participation in individuals' and institutions' decision-making and capacity development. ‘Role-based’ strategies adopted by projects promoting small-scale and micro irrigation technologies focus on challenging social norms to address the imbalance of power and workloads by developing the capacity of all stakeholders. Both strategies focus on women and use participatory approaches to ensure gender equality. Negative stereotypes about women from families, communities, and the private sector often make it difficult for gender mainstreaming to succeed. Furthermore, institutional biases and limited capacities reproduce gender inequality by reinforcing stereotypical gender norms. Transformative gender mainstreaming strategies are critical to holistic approaches that facilitate change at different scales through broad-based partnerships between actors. It calls for 1) enacting policy, creating an institutional environment, and developing governance mechanisms for mainstreaming gender; 2) enhancing the accountability system and adoption of gender-transformative approaches to involve more women farmers in designing, planning, and management; 3) creating a supportive institutional environment at market, community and household level that helps women farmers invest in irrigation; and 4) applying an intersectional lens in gender analysis and mainstreaming.
14 Niemann, J.; El-Mahdi, M.; Samuelsen, H.; Tersbol, B. P. 2024. Gender relations and decision-making on climate change adaptation in rural East African households: a qualitative systematic review. PLOS Climate, 3(1):e0000279. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000279]
Climate change adaptation ; Decision making ; Gender relations ; Households ; Livelihoods ; Women ; Gender-transformative approaches ; Participation ; Diversification ; Climate-smart agriculture ; Conflicts / East Africa
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052454)
https://journals.plos.org/climate/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000279&type=printable
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052454.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052454.pdf
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Background: Climatic changes are threatening rural livelihoods in East Africa. Evidence suggests that climate change adaptation in this context might reproduce inequitable intra-household gender relations and that adaptation may be more effective when women are involved in meaningful ways. Hence, a nuanced understanding of the gendered nature of intra-household adaptation decision-making is essential for gender-responsive research, policy-making and practice. This qualitative systematic review aimed to investigate how gender relations influence decision-making concerning climate change adaptation in rural East African households and how decisions about climate change adaptation influence intra-household gender dynamics, in turn. Applying qualitative meta-synthesis principles, systematic searches were conducted in 8 databases and supplemented with comprehensive hand searches. 3,662 unique hits were screened using predetermined inclusion criteria, leading to a final sample of 21 papers. Relevant findings of these studies were synthesised using inductive thematic coding, memoing and thematic analysis. While men tended to be the primary decision-makers, women exercised some decision-making power in traditionally female domains and in female-headed households. Women’s and men’s roles in intra-household adaptation decision-making appeared to be influenced by a plethora of interconnected factors, including gender norms, gendered divisions of labour and access, ownership and control over resources. Intra-household adaptation seemed to impact the dynamics between male and female household members. The pathways of this influence were complex, and the ultimate outcomes for men and women remained unclear. We discuss our findings with reference to theoretical literature on gender-transformative approaches in development and adaptation and previous research concerning the gendered nature of climate change adaptation in East Africa. We then discuss implications for gender-responsive adaptation interventions.
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