In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development

Resurrección, Bernadette P.; Goodrich, Chanda Gurung; Song, Yougui; Bastola, Aditya; Prakash, Anjal; Joshi, Deepa; Liebrand, Janwillem; Shah, Shaheen Ashraf

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“…Beyond its potential economic impact, however, the training of girls in particular could help redistribute power and resources in a region where women are often poorer, less educated, and excluded from decision-making in institutional and public contexts (Karan, 1989, p. 270). In this project, we have followed an approach to development interventions that supports human wellbeing, not just economic growth (Resurrección et al, 2019). In our preliminary work for this project we found many inspiring code teaching projects in operation around the world, but few of them have grappled with the difficulty of working in offline environments at the "edge of the Internet."…”

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At the Edge of the Internet: Teaching Coding and Sustainability to Himalayan Girls

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Strazds

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This report introduces a two-week workshop on web coding and environmental sustainability at a school for girls in northeastern India. Our discussion of this teaching project reviews issues that shaped the project’s development, outlines resources required for implementation, and summarizes the workshop’s curriculum. Highspeed internet will soon arrive in the region of this recently-recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site. We believe that the training of girls in particular could help redistribute power and resources in regions where women are often poorer, less educated, and excluded from decision-making in institutional and public contexts. Relatively few code teaching projects have grappled with the difficulty of working in offline environments at the “edge of the internet,” and yet moving skills and knowledge into these regions before the internet arrives in full force might help mitigate some of the web’s worst impacts on equity and justice.

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At the Edge of the Internet: Teaching Coding and Sustainability to Himalayan Girls

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“…En los desplazamientos migratorios las mujeres son más vulnerables que los hombres porque asumen la tarea del cuidado de menores, enfermos o discapacitados durante la movilidad. Además, muchos países tienen le-gislaciones que dificultan el acceso a servicios y derechos de propiedad de la tierra para ellas (Resurrección et al, 2019). Esto supone el abandono de tareas productivas agrícolas, ganaderas y pesqueras realizadas en zonas rurales o pequeños núcleos, con el propósito de buscar alternativas laborales en el sector de los servicios de las grandes urbes (Oakes et al, 2020).…”

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Crisis climática y Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: un enfoque desde la perspectiva de la producción animal, el consumo de carne y los efectos sociales

Guerrero¹,

Gómez-Quintero²,

Olleta³

2020

ITEA

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El objetivo del presente trabajo es la realización de una síntesis sobre las múltiples y complejas relaciones existentes entre los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) y el ámbito de la producción animal, prestando una especial atención a sus implicaciones y consecuencias derivadas de la actual crisis climática. La Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible de Naciones Unidas presenta 17 ODS, que integran, de forma indivisible, las tres dimensiones del desarrollo sostenible, siendo estos pilares: el social, ambiental y económico. El sector ganadero tiene un notable rol y un significativo potencial para la implementación y consecución de dichos Objetivos, enfocadas sus posibles intervenciones desde diferentes perspectivas que se desarrollan a lo largo del presente trabajo. Entre los enfoques se abarcan las relaciones generales entre los ODS y la ganadería (especialmente centrado en rumiantes), diversas estrategias para la puesta en práctica de los ODS, el impacto de la crisis climática a nivel productivo, sus estrategias adaptativas y de mitigación. Entre los impactos sociales se identifica la movilidad humana forzada y el riesgo de hambrunas e insuficiencia alimentaria. Por último, se analiza el impacto de la producción de carne y su consumo en dietas sostenibles.

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“…For instance, in case A1 (Kolar district, Karnataka, India), water scarcity is driving low agricultural returns and male out-migration. Whether as a regular livelihood strategy or in response to climate impacts, rural outmigration is highly gendered 29,51,68,69 . Men migrate out looking for off-farm economic opportunities (A1, A7, D1, D5, H2, H5, P1, P2 and P3) or to access pastures for their livestock and cattle (A2, A9, P5 and P3).…”

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“…Confronted with issues of everyday survival, in the absence of supportive infrastructure and services, women often work harder, in poorer conditions, and for lower wages, across the hotspots studied, with negative wellbeing outcomes, seen particularly in the neglect of their health and nutrition. In a sense, women do have voice and agency, yet this is not contributing to strengthening longer-term adaptive capacities 68,[83][84][85] .…”

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A qualitative comparative analysis of women’s agency and adaptive capacity in climate change hotspots in Asia and Africa

Rao

Mishra

Prakash³

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Nat. Clim. Chang.

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There is growing concern about sustainable and equitable adaptation in climate change hotspots, commonly understood as locations that concentrate high climatic variability, societal vulnerability, and negative impacts on livelihood systems. Emphasizing gender within these debates highlights how demographic, socio-economic and agro-ecological contexts mediate the experiences and outcomes of climate change. Drawing on data from 25 qualitative case studies across three hotspots in Africa and Asia, analysed using Qualitative Comparative Analysis, we show how and in what ways women's agency, or the ability to make meaningful choices and strategic decisions, contributes to adaptation responses. We find that environmental stress is a key depressor of women's agency even when household structures and social norms are supportive, or legal entitlements available. These findings have implications for the effective implementation of multilateral agreements such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Sendai Framework on Disaster Risk Reduction, and the Sustainable Development Goals.Sustainable, equitable, and effective adaptation is critical in climate change hotspots, locations where climatic shifts, social structures, and livelihood sensitivity converge to exacerbate vulnerability 1,2 . Entrenched social structures create power relations that shape women's and men's experiences of vulnerability through access to resources, divisions of work, and cultural norms around mobility and decision-making, all of which determine adaptive capacity 6,10-21 . Involving trade-offs at every level 12,[22][23][24] , these contextual factors not only shape vulnerabilities but also create possibilities for adaptation 25 .When examining gendered vulnerability and the way in which it is manifest in unequal patriarchal systems, women's agency has emerged as key to realising adaptive capacity, but remains understudied 11 . Drawing on feminist arguments to move beyond simplistic framings of actors in terms of active or passive, victims or perpetrators 7,26,27 , we conceptualise agency as the ability to make meaningful choices and strategic decisions 28 . It can take multiple forms, from bargaining and negotiation to subversion and resistance 29 , varying across institutional sites and scales, and drawing differentially on available material or social resources 28 . Institutions, ranging from the micro (household) and meso (community) level, to the more macro-levels of markets and states 30 , interact and intersect with each other, often intensifying or reproducing inequalities. The rules and norms they establish, can be formal or informal, complementary or competing 31 , giving specific meaning to particular activities, resources and relationships. In the context of climate action, while some research explores the role of social capital, especially women's groups, for instance, in supporting women's agency 32,33 , a nuanced institutional analysis, linking women's agency and its implications for adaptive capacity remains miss...

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In the Shadows of the Himalayan Mountains: Persistent Gender and Social Exclusion in Development

Cited by 26 publications

References 76 publications

At the Edge of the Internet: Teaching Coding and Sustainability to Himalayan Girls

At the Edge of the Internet: Teaching Coding and Sustainability to Himalayan Girls

Crisis climática y Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: un enfoque desde la perspectiva de la producción animal, el consumo de carne y los efectos sociales

A qualitative comparative analysis of women’s agency and adaptive capacity in climate change hotspots in Asia and Africa

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