Publications

Competence Development Programme Manual on Gender Mainstreaming, UNDP 2002
This Manual is based on the approach to gender mainstreaming competence development in the UN developed by Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues (OSAGI), the Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Office of Human Resources Management (OHRM) in 1999 and tested in a number of competence development initiatives since then. The Manual is intended as the framework for a ontinuing “work in progress.” That is, it is intended to serve as a resource fo r facilitators of competence development initiatives for gender mainstreaming, but also to expand and be enriched as facilitators contribute their reflections as well as the case study materials or exercises used.

This is the second report to IDRC on the progress of the implementation of this project, done in partnership with the PRGA of the CGIAR.

WOCAN's Board of Directors has approved this Strategic Plan for the organization to follow for 2007-2010.

This project – initially entitled “Institutionalizing SA/GA for Poverty Alleviation in Agricultural Research and Development in the Eastern Himalayan Region”- builds on an earlier IDRC-supported project, “Building Capacity in Social/Gender Analysis in the Eastern Himalayas”, led by both PRGA and WOCAN directors from 2003 -2005. This 18 month project addressed a gap in the expertise within the eastern Himalayan region to integrate and practically apply social/gender analysis in natural resource management (NRM) related projects by providing training on gender and social analysis methods and approaches in order to understand differential impacts of resource degradation and NRM practices on different segments of the population, with an aim towards developing transformative and innovative solutions.

The experience of one project in Nepal demonstrates a successful strategy for changing the attitudes of forestry professionals while simultaneously creating conditions under which rural women can demand respect and inclusion by building synergies at various levels, inside and outside the forest department. Key elements of this approach are provided here, based on narratives of women and men engaged with the project.

This review examines the impact of desertification on women, their role in the management of natural resources and drylands, and the constraints they face.

Prepared by Jeannette Gurung for IFAD

This is the latest paper that the FAO has produced on gender and biofuels. It can also be found in the FAO document repository.

UNEP seeks your comments on this document. Please send your comments and amendments to olivier.deleuze@unep.org, with a copy to civil.society@unep.org, by 15th of August.

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Current low levels of participation by women in forest management decision-making and governance are issues of major concern to the Major Group WOMEN. Obstacles and constraints faced by women include: degraded environments and poverty; low levels of awareness amongst policy makers and administrators on how gender issues affect forest management; limited numbers of women in decision making roles; limited implementation of policies and legislation for gender equity and women’s inclusion; and insufficient female staff, mentors and networks in forestry institutions. More strategic concerted efforts and commitment by all actors engaged in Sustainable Forest Management are needed to strengthen women’s role in the processes and implementation of the NLBFI of the UNFF.
In order to promote the adoption of action oriented policy decisions for the NLBI through 2015, the Major Group WOMEN proposes specific recommendations and activities as priority areas for action. These include initiatives for research, training, advocacy, policy inputs for gender mainstreaming, pilot projects that demonstrate collaboration between governments and Major Group WOMEN and media presentations showcasing successful initiatives in a few countries.

This is a report by one of the women UNFF 5 delegates of the Major Group WOMEN, Kanchan Lama, Director of Society for Partners in Development, Nepal. Though it is a personal account, reflecting her own perspective, it has been selected to be disseminated as a report of the Major Group WOMEN based on its honesty and fresh insights.

This paper will focus on social and cultural issues to offer perspectives on the root causes of poverty and forestry problems, highlighting ways in which women’s active engagement in forestry programmes and organizations can significantly impact poverty alleviation and result in more effective and equitable forestry organizations.

A gender-sensitive perspective on the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), also known as the Rio Conventions.

Gender-sensitive measurements are critical for building the case for taking gender (in)equality seriously, for enabling better planning and actions by gender and non-gender specialists, and for holding institutions accountable to their commitments on gender equality.

This paper is based on the field case studies of the individual lives of three women who were trained as two-wheel tractor operators and who, thus have taken up, or have attempted to take up, a new gender role: that of plowing.

Numerous recent evaluations of efforts to institutionalise women and gender equality into development cooperation have concluded that progress has been poor. To identify the reasons why, this paper synthesises the findings of evaluations undertaken by national and international development organisations between 2002 and 2006.

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This paper develops GSI indicators through the identification of GSI factors that put differential pressure on the management and use of natural resources.

Prepared by the African Development Bank Group

http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/CC.pdf

http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/CC.pdf

http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/Climate.pdf

http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/05%20Biodiversidad.pdf

http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/Biodiversity_ing.pdf

IUCN Fact Sheet: El genero hace la diferencia

See http://www.generoyambiente.org/admin/admin_biblioteca/documentos/Agriculture.pdf

Women hold the key to breaking the vicious cycle of ill health, reduced productivity and deepening poverty in Africa. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises and explores some opportunities for engaging women more actively in the quest for more effective answers.

This ActionAid paper finds that rural women are not only among those most vulnerable to food shortages, but more importantly, they are the driving force behind African agriculture. Traditional forms of food aid have largely failed to recognise and enhance the productive capacity of women, and this in turn means that food aid has been ineffective in contributing to lasting solutions to hunger. While short-term emergency food aid is often essential, it must be balanced with longer-term assistance and more comprehensive programs for agricultural development that are designed to support women’s crucial contributions to agricultural production and their commitment to feed their families.

More specifically the authors recommend that the US and other rich country governments should:

* stop imposing trade rules and economic policy conditions that make it difficult for African governments to support smallholder farmers, and push them towards excessive reliance on export-driven agriculture at the expense of food crops for local markets
* reform their policies and programs to support rather than undermine innovative approaches to agriculture and women’s roles in food production
* increase funding for food aid and agricultural development

African governments should:

* promote, uphold and enforce women’s rights to land, credit, water, seeds and other productive resources
* establish structures at the community, regional and national levels to ensure that women’s voices are heard in the design and implementation of food and agriculture policies and donor assistance programmes
* expand state-funded programmes of treatment, care, nutrition and support for HIV-affected persons, especially in rural areas
* make sure that their people’s right to food is sustainably fulfilled before pursuing the development of export markets; and go beyond food security (the pursuit of adequate food supplies) to introduce policies that will ensure their nation’s food sovereignty

This material was produced from a public policy institute for women in agriculture in Kentucky funded with a Southern SARE Sustainable Community Innovation Program grant.

Training Manual for Workshops on Empowering Young Women, supported by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).

This resource manual is available to help prepare and facilitate training workshops for young women on a variety of issues, including leadership, economic justice, HIV and AIDS, human rights, and peace.

This report describes the process and outcomes of a meeting of the WOCAN Steering Committee for West/Central Africa, held in Sept. 2007.

A document by CARE on women in natural resource management and development in Africa. To access this document via the Web visit: http://care.ca/downloads/publ/Reclaimin-Rights-07.pdf

One year of specialization on international development cooperation at the University Jaume I Castellón, Spain.

Deadline: 18 July 2007

Why Women's Perspectives Matter: This resource draws the links between gender and climate change and lays out why women need to be at the center of the climate change debate and policymaking. A must-read for activists, academics and policymakers.

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