Themes

WOCAN currently has a membership of over 300 professional women and men from around the world, from a diverse range of natural resource management sectors, such as those related to forestry, energy, water resources, fisheries, livestock, agriculture and rural development. The Themes section provides a specific space for learning about relevant fields within agriculture and NRM as they relate to gender issues.

Agriculture and Rural Development

Brief on Gender and Agriculture & Rural Development
posted June 22, 2006

ECOGENLit Online Bibliography
posted October 21, 2006
An resource that meets the emerging interest of applied economists in crop and livestock biodiversity.

 

Biodiversity

Gender, Local Knowledge, and Lessons Learnt in Documenting and Conserving Agrobiodiversity
posted July 12, 2007
This paper explores the linkages between gender, local knowledge systems, and agrobiodiversity for food security.

Brief on Gender and Biodiversity
posted June 27, 2006

 

Climate Change

Brief on Gender and Climate Change
posted June 23, 2006

 

Desertification

Brief on Gender and Desertification
posted June 22, 2006

 

Energy

Brief on Gender and Energy
posted June 23, 2006

 

Fisheries

Global Symposium on Gender and Fisheries
posted May 29, 2007
Documents from the Global Symposium on Gender and Fisheries held in Penang, Malaysia on 1-2 December 2004.

Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries
posted May 29, 2007
Documents from the Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan on 29 November 2001.

International Symposium on Women in Asian Fisheries
posted May 29, 2007
Documents from the International Symposium on Women in Asian Fisheries held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on 13 November 1998.

 

Forest Resources

Brief on Gender and Forest Resources
posted June 23, 2006

 

Leadership

Brief on Women's Leadership
posted June 23, 2006

 

Men Supporting Women

Men and Masculinities: Gender Equality and Men: Learning from Practice
posted October 14, 2006
Ruxton, S.

 

Livestock

Brief on Gender and Livestock
posted June 23, 2006

ECOGENLit Online Bibliography
posted October 21, 2006
A bibliography that meets the emerging interest of applied economists in crop and livestock biodiversity.

 

Mountain Areas

ICIMOD - Gender and NRM Article
posted February 1, 2007

Brief on Gender in Mountain Areas
posted June 23, 2006

Project for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development in Mountain Regions (SARD-M)
posted October 23, 2006
See Latest News and Upcoming Meetings.

 

Organizational Change

Training Manual for Workshops on Empowering Young Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA)
posted October 20, 2006
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.

Men and Masculinities: 'Working with Men and Boys to Promote Gender Equality and to End Violence Against Boys and Girls'
posted October 14, 2006
Karkara, R., Karlsson, L., and Malik, B.

Organizational Change for Gender Equality and Accountability to Rural Women
posted June 23, 2006

 

Water

Brief on Gender and Water
posted June 23, 2006

 

Young Women

Brief on Young Women in Agriculture and NRM
posted June 23, 2006

 

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