Core theme: gender, poverty and institutions

Nicoline de Haan

Senior researcher/Coordinator

n.dehaan@cgiar.orgPhoto: Ian Taylor/CPWF Mekong

“There can be no peace without equitable development; and there can be no development without sustainable management of the environment in a democratic and peaceful space. This shift is an idea whose time has come.”

Wangari Maathi, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 2004

Equity and Ecosystems

Source: Pascual et al. 2014

Equity triangle

………………..our entry point is gender – but not only……

GPI

Guiding principles: based on evidence & realities that:

Gender is inherently political and cultural; and dynamic;

Gender, poverty, and institutions are interlinked, and can not be dealt with independently;

Women and men have different roles, aspirations, needs, knowledge sets and opportunities; and will experience costs and benefits differently

Women have less access than men to productive resources and opportunities, but often carry the burden of providing nutrition and being guardians of natural resources;

Resilience, through increased access to income, assets and rights, is vital for women and communities.

Equity can be a real driver of change in rural development.

The institutional context behind gender

• Global work on-going on

gender – at many levels

• Increased

understanding of the

importance of equity in

societies

• Donors have taken it

upon themselves – to

push gender

• Through

• Within

WLE gender strategy

A hypothesis: Are women better stewards of the land, water, and

ecosystems?

• How do we increase

access of women to

land, water and

ecosystems?

• How do we increase

decision-making by

women on water,

land and

ecosystems?

• How do we ensure

women can use

these resources

sustainably?

• Research and outcome oriented:

The how of WLE gender work

•gender disaggregated

•the role of women

Gender aware

•gender analysis

•research questions on issues affecting women’s roles

•Intra-household dynamics

•gender is a research variable

Equity•research on norms, value an

•enabling participation

•approaches to transformation

Empowerment

“Gender mainstreaming is easily agreed upon and put on paper,

practicing it remains complex”,- M.Korma, AGRA gender officer

Gender mainstreaming: easier said than done

Specific instructions

Where GPI sits – what we can and can’t do

Looking for clear outcomes and OUTPUTS

Saying you tried to get the data, but women were too busy, will not

work

Talk to us about how you would integrate it

What can you change? Make a legitimate change to the world

When sleeping women awake, mountains move.

- Chinese proverb

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