
Training Workshop -Rural Women`s Leadership in Philippines, April 2010
Women Foresters Attending UNFF Meeting in Ghana..... in the Woods
WOCAN Nepal Advisory Team and Members
Training for Women's Leadership, Philippines with Colletah Chitsike
Sushila Nepali, Member of Advisory Team of WOCAN Nepal
Participants of WOCAN Nepal's Workshop on Gender and Climate Change and REDD+
Krishna Archarya, REDD Cell and a WOCAN Member Speaking to Panel with Secretary of Ministry of Forest, Nepal
Farmer Leader Explaining Women's Issues Related to Climate Change in Nepal
WOCAN Woman Farmer Delivering Women’s Statement at the UN
Planning for WOCAN South Africa
WOCAN Men’s Network, Nairobi
WOCAN Members with South African Government Officials at UN

ųa Torkelsson
Doctoral Candidate, Sociology, Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
Q: How can WOCAN best address obstacles faced by women in the professional world of agriculture and NRM?
A: The challenges for women in agriculture and NRM include working in a male-dominated field and potentially having to adapt to a male working culture. It is important that these environments allow for women to work productively and effectively and encourage new and different leadership styles and processes.
I think that WOCAN should encourage not the adaptation but also the reformation of the professional world of NRM. However, the process of reformation has to be frank, sober and also self-critical. The obstacles that I have faced have not been generated foremost from male colleagues and bosses. In fact, my most negative professional experiences have been related to working with female colleagues. Male networks are valuable. Men help each other in their careers and push one another forward. This is not my experience from female networks. I think we women have...

WOCAN is a women-led global network of professional women and men engaged in agriculture and natural resource management who are committed to organizational change for gender equality and environmentally sustainable development.
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Oct 08, 2010 - Oct 09, 2010
The Hague Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Oct 31, 2010 - Nov 05, 2010