Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study

Sunderland, Terry; Achdiawan, R.; Angelsen, Arild; Babigumira, Ronnie; Ickowitz, Amy; Paumgarten, Fiona; Reyes‐García, Victoria; Shively, Gerald

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.03.003

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“…The differences between men and women in knowledge, access, and use of forests have long been recognized (Meinzen-Dick et al 1997, Rocheleau and Edmunds 1997, Mwangi et al 2011, Ingram et al 2014, Sunderland et al 2014. This gender disparity is due to the unequal power relations between men and women.…”

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Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Samndong¹,

Kjosavik²

2017

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ABSTRACT. In this study we analyze gender relations legitimatized by socio-political institutions of forest governance in REDD+ pilots in Équateur Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using data from interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations, we show that men and women have different knowledge and use of forests, but these differences are not given due consideration in forest governance. Women's voices are often muted in decision-making arenas and they occupy only a nominal position in both forestry and development initiatives as compared with men. This status quo is extended to the REDD+ pilot projects as well. Women have limited information about REDD+ compared with men. The mechanisms used to establish new village organization for REDD+ exclude women from decision making in the ongoing REDD+ pilot project. We show that women's bargaining power for equal inclusion in decision-making processes and for sharing benefits are constrained by existing social norms regarding local access to land and material resources, existing gender division of labor, local perceptions regarding women's roles and contributions/ responsibilities, as well as men's dominant position in rural settings. For a gender transformative REDD+, we suggest that REDD+ actors should attempt to bring about institutional changes that transform gender relations and thereby increase women's bargaining power.

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Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Samndong¹,

Kjosavik²

2017

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“…However, emerging case studies and reviews of the issue parallel insights from earlier work on gender divisions of labor in natural resource management [5,13,29]. Harvesting forest-based foods, especially vitamin-rich foods that supplement household consumption, is often considered "women's work" [4,8,51,76]. Case studies in Africa and elsewhere show that women living near forests in the developing world are often responsible for collecting fuelwood and other subsistence products [77].…”

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“…Furthermore, the emerging literature on the relationships between gender, forests and food security indicates that such relationships are not generalizable across contexts. For example, gender differences were common in a large-scale global study of gender and forest product use in 33 countries using the same methodology, but those differences are not generalizable or predictable across geographies [8].…”

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Forests and Food Security: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?

Asher

Shattuck

2017

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Hunger remains a key development problem in the 21st century. Within this context, there is renewed attention to the importance of forests and their role in supplementing the food and nutrition needs of rural populations. With a concurrent uptake of "gender mainstreaming" for sustainable development, there is also a call for understanding the gendered dynamics of forest governance and food security. In this paper, we reviewed emerging research (2009-2014) on forests and food security and on the ways gender is said to matter. As with previous work on gender and natural resource management, we found that gender is an important variable; but how, to what degree and why are different in every context. That is, despite the suggestion of clear linkages, the relationships between gender, forests and food security are not generalizable across contexts. Understanding the relationship between forest resources and food security requires attention to gender disparities at the local level, but also to the broader political and economic context in which those disparities are reinforced. We flag the need to guard against ahistorical and technical approaches to gender and suggest some example research questions that use a more relational view of gender-one that examines how political economy and social power structure access to resources at multiple scales.

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“…In contrast men bring home a considerably higher share of income from processed FTA products (61%) than women (25%) (Sunderland et al 2014). …”

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Exploring gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains: Evidence and lessons from a systematic review

Haverhals¹,

Ingram²,

Elias³

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Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study

Cited by 202 publications

References 45 publications

Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Forests and Food Security: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?

Exploring gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains: Evidence and lessons from a systematic review

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Challenging Perceptions about Men, Women, and Forest Product Use: A Global Comparative Study

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Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in &Eacute;quateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in &Eacute;quateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Forests and Food Security: What’s Gender Got to Do with It?

Exploring gender and forest, tree and agroforestry value chains: Evidence and lessons from a systematic review

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Gendered forests: exploring gender dimensions in forest governance and REDD+ in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

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