Social Work Empowerment Model for Mainstreaming the Participation of Rural Women in the Climate Change Discourse

Nyahunda, Louis

doi:10.1007/s41134-020-00148-8

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“…Despite the growing trend of this type of action, the majority of studies at present focus on or refer to one of these two issues: (i) gender imbalance, its causes, and associated impacts, (e.g., [65,[86][87][88]); (ii) actions taken to reduce these, (e.g., [89][90][91][92]).…”

Section: Gender Leadership/empowerment In Climate Change In the Afric...mentioning

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Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa

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The past years were marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic downfall, the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, and the end of the African Women’s Decade. According to the latest projections, African countries will continue to face increasing inequalities, as well as risks to human health, water and food security, due to climate change. African countries are also struggling to reduce gender-related power imbalances in adaptation and mitigation that magnify existing vulnerabilities, particularly those of women. Therefore, any advances made in this narrative are significant. This paper investigates the needs and potential for gender-balanced leadership/empowerment in adaptation and mitigation based on climate change experts’ views on the advances made in Africa. This is complemented by a bibliometric analysis of the literature published on the topic between the years 2015 and 2022. The study suggests that although women’s influence on climate change related decisions is growing, a series of barriers need to be overcome, among which are lack of knowledge and political will. The COVID-19 pandemic is seen as having both positive and negative potentials for gender-balanced leadership/empowerment. The findings provide a premise for identifying possible directions of further actions towards gender-balanced leadership/empowerment in climate change in African countries.

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Section: Gender Leadership/empowerment In Climate Change In the Afric...mentioning

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Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa

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“…A 2021 study [20] indicates that rural women are often seen to be absent from climate change interventions at professional, practice and personal levels. The precarious impacts of climate change disproportionally affect women, particularly those in rural communities.…”

Section: Bolstering Women's Empowerment Through Environmental Conserv...mentioning

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Community Participatory Approach to Reverse Climate Change

Kumar¹,

Kanwar

2022

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The geography and economy of Meghalaya have some serious paradoxes. For instance, despite having high rainfall, many areas in the state are confronted with serious water scarcity, largely due to deforestation and soil erosion. Despite having a wealth of natural resources, almost 50% of the population lives below the poverty line [1]. Meghalaya as a state has a strong knit community, and this paper attempts to study the community participatory approach adopted by local people, who, in several instances, have come together to tap the tremendous potential of water conservation, especially in the Mawsynram C&RD block, hailed as one of the wettest places on earth. Alternatively, the research also delves deeper into how the State, in its attempt to reverse climate change with the help of a unique initiative called Community Conservation Corps, plans to engage and train a massive pool of young volunteers by raising at least one person from every household, motivated towards protecting the environment. Given that Meghalaya is largely an agrarian state and dependent on natural resources for livelihood [2], the implications of this study could be valuable to assess the potential opportunities of the collective community approach driven towards climate change reversal. Moreover, it will also be interesting to note how, in the course of community participation to reverse climate change, the State is also living up to its matrilineal status wherein women are seen to exercise authority and decision making at the local level, which, otherwise, is not the case in higher authoritative realms of the State.

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“…Halihazırda, günümüzdeki kırsal sosyal hizmet uygulamalarına bakıldığında bunu yansıtan çalışmalara rastlanmaktadır. Küresel iklim değişikliğinin geçim kaynakları üzerindeki olumsuz etkisi hakkında bilgi sahibi olmalarını sağlamak için kırsal alandaki kadınları güçlendirme modelinin geliştirilmiş olması buna bir örnek teşkil etmektedir (Nyahunda, 2021).…”

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The Relationship Between Social Development and Social Work in Rural Areas

Yüksel

2022

Sosyal Politika Çalışmaları Dergisi

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Bu çalışmanın amacı, sosyal hizmet ile sosyal kalkınma arasındaki ilişkiyi ve kırsal alanda çalışan sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının kırsal kalkınmadaki rollerini ortaya koymaktır. Bu temel amaçları desteklemek için, kalkınmanın sosyal boyutuna odaklanarak kavramsal açıklamalar yapılmış ve kırsal kalkınmayı tarihsel bağlamında incelemek için Türkiye’deki kırsal politikaların gelişim seyri incelenmiştir. Sosyal hizmet uygulamalarının aktif katılımı desteklemesi ve güçlendirme yaklaşımını içermesi mesleğin kırsal alanlarda sosyal kalkınmanın hayata geçirilmesine aracılık eden yönünü oluşturmaktadır. Benzer şekilde, sosyal kalkınma esaslı bir kırsal sosyal hizmet uygulaması yereldeki halkın ihtiyaçlarını yerelde analiz eden yani katılımcılık esaslı, sosyal adaleti gözeten ve yerel kültüre uyumlu bir anlayışı kapsar. Bu bağlamda, kırsal alanlarda refah arttırıcı programlara ulaşamamanın yoksunluklar bağlamında ele alınmasının ve kırsal kalkınmanın bütüncül değerlendirilmesinin gerekli olduğu düşünülmektedir.

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Social Work Empowerment Model for Mainstreaming the Participation of Rural Women in the Climate Change Discourse

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa

Understanding Needs and Potentials for Gender-Balanced Empowerment and Leadership in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa

Community Participatory Approach to Reverse Climate Change

The Relationship Between Social Development and Social Work in Rural Areas

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