Dina Najjar
Biographic Data
| ID | 1124952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dina Najjar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dina |
| FAMILY NAME | Najjar |
| SIGNATURE | NAJJAR D |
| AFFILIATIONS | CGIAR |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9156-7691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
She Inherits, She Sells
Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, and carving just responses to the climate crisis
The intersection of gender, land rights, climate change, and governance remains a focal point of contemporary discussions on justice, sustainability, and development. Women, despite their extensive contributions to agriculture, water management, and environmental conservation, continue to face systemic exclusion from control and decision-making around land tenure and climate adaptation policies and practices. Indigenous, Black, and Dalit women fa…
Seeds of change
This paper examines women’s leadership in local group governance in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, highlighting rural co-operatives as key spaces for socioeconomic participation and agency. Based on interviews and focus groups with a total of 917 participants (688 women and 170 men co-operative members, and 59 officials), the study identifies major barriers to women’s leadership, including financial limitations, lack of training, gender stereotyp…
Building climate resilience in the Mena region
This study explores the factors associated with the cultivation of neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) and agroecology adoption (crop rotation with legumes) amid the climate crisis in rural Lebanon and Morocco. A mixed-methods approach (interviews and questionnaire survey) was used. Five key informant interviews as well as a survey of 923 farmers: 465 in Lebanon (242 men and 223 women) and 458 in Morocco (238 men and 220 women) were co…
The status of gender and development programming in Jordan
In this article, we evaluate the contemporary status of gender anddeveloping programming in Jordan by analyzing data collectedfrom interviews with 23 organizations. Gender programming isoften fragmented and ad hoc in nature taking a “gender equalswomen” with a focus on anti-poverty and efficiency-basedapproaches, rather than considering gender as a relational socialconstruct. The blurred line between the state and NGOs alsoundermines the potentia…
“Even the goats feel the heat
Women's contributions to rangeland cultivation in Tunisia and the effects of climate change upon their livelihoods are both policy blind spots. To make women's contributions to rangeland cultivation visible and to provide policy inputs based on women's needs and priorities into the reforms currently being made in the pastoral code in Tunisia, we conducted fieldwork in three governorates. We conducted focus groups and interviews with 289 individua…
Understanding Agency Within Context
The role of agency in women’s empowerment, whether individual or collective, has long been at the center of feminist discourse. Although, highly context dependent, studies on agency are less contextualized. Based on mixed methods, we generated in-depth understandings of what constitutes agency in livestock-based institutions, and associated contextual factors across three regions. Agency, the ability to make effective participation, conceptualiza…
Beer, barley, livestock, milk
Research conducted in developing countries in the past 50 years generally suggests that most agricultural innovations (whether technological, social, or financial in nature) end up reinforcing existing socio-economic hierarchies based on gender and class. Most of these findings are drawn from the Green Revolution, which focused overwhelmingly on high-yielding varieties of rice, maize, and wheat, along with the introduction or expansion of irrigat…
A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems
A clear consensus has emerged that innovations are important for adapting to drought and overcoming other biophysical limitations in smallholder farming systems; however, women are notably marginalized from agricultural innovations. We examine whether and how gendered roles and responsibilities shape the adoption and usage of improved wheat varieties and simultaneously uncover opportunities to address and lessen gender-based differences in agricu…
Pathways to Empowerment
Development efforts have increased women’s perceived empowerment and freedom, yet have failed to sustainably alter gender norms. There is a lack of research investigating reasons for this anomaly. This study, departing from the conventional approach, tries to fill this gap by employing an interpretative phenomenological approach to assess how women have managed to achieve expanded agency while living within a constraining normative environment. W…
Feminization, rural transformation, and wheat systems in post-soviet Uzbekistan
This paper examines how rural transformation in Uzbekistan alters gender norms and roles and, consequently, affects women's involvement in agriculture. We focus on the role that contextual factors, particularly kinship relations, government goals, and institutional structures each contribute to rural transformation and male out-migration, and how these, in turn, increase women's work in wheat production and processing. The wheat is the most impor…
Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt
The Middle East and North Africa region has the lowest level of women’s land ownership in the world, yet little research has explored the barriers and opportunities women face in land ownership in the region. This paper identifies patterns, opportunities, and constraints of ownership of land and other assets (houses, livestock, poultry, and gold) by women and men in the Old and New Lands of Egypt. Based on a survey complemented with qualitative i…
Women, work, and wage equity in agricultural labour in Saiss, Morocco
This article documents wages and working conditions for landless female and male agricultural labourers in Morocco. We found that higher-paid, equipment-intensive tasks were predominantly assigned to men, whereas women often performed lower-paid, time-intensive tasks. Women were systematically paid less than men even when they performed the same tasks. Enforcing existing legislation in Morocco to ensure equal pay for women is an essential first s…
Learning about sustainability and gender through Farmer Field Schools in the Taita Hills, Kenya
Global Institutions
Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt
The Middle East and North Africa region has the lowest level of women’s land ownership in the world, yet little research has explored the barriers and opportunities women face in land ownership in the region. This paper identifies patterns, opportunities, and constraints of ownership of land and other assets (houses, livestock, poultry, and gold) by women and men in the Old and New Lands of Egypt. Based on a survey complemented with qualitative i…
Learning about sustainability and gender through Farmer Field Schools in the Taita Hills, Kenya
A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems
A clear consensus has emerged that innovations are important for adapting to drought and overcoming other biophysical limitations in smallholder farming systems; however, women are notably marginalized from agricultural innovations. We examine whether and how gendered roles and responsibilities shape the adoption and usage of improved wheat varieties and simultaneously uncover opportunities to address and lessen gender-based differences in agricu…
Feminization, rural transformation, and wheat systems in post-soviet Uzbekistan
This paper examines how rural transformation in Uzbekistan alters gender norms and roles and, consequently, affects women's involvement in agriculture. We focus on the role that contextual factors, particularly kinship relations, government goals, and institutional structures each contribute to rural transformation and male out-migration, and how these, in turn, increase women's work in wheat production and processing. The wheat is the most impor…
Women, work, and wage equity in agricultural labour in Saiss, Morocco
This article documents wages and working conditions for landless female and male agricultural labourers in Morocco. We found that higher-paid, equipment-intensive tasks were predominantly assigned to men, whereas women often performed lower-paid, time-intensive tasks. Women were systematically paid less than men even when they performed the same tasks. Enforcing existing legislation in Morocco to ensure equal pay for women is an essential first s…
Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, and carving just responses to the climate crisis
The intersection of gender, land rights, climate change, and governance remains a focal point of contemporary discussions on justice, sustainability, and development. Women, despite their extensive contributions to agriculture, water management, and environmental conservation, continue to face systemic exclusion from control and decision-making around land tenure and climate adaptation policies and practices. Indigenous, Black, and Dalit women fa…
Global Institutions
Learning about sustainability and gender through Farmer Field Schools in the Taita Hills, Kenya
Women, work, and wage equity in agricultural labour in Saiss, Morocco
This article documents wages and working conditions for landless female and male agricultural labourers in Morocco. We found that higher-paid, equipment-intensive tasks were predominantly assigned to men, whereas women often performed lower-paid, time-intensive tasks. Women were systematically paid less than men even when they performed the same tasks. Enforcing existing legislation in Morocco to ensure equal pay for women is an essential first s…
Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt
The Middle East and North Africa region has the lowest level of women’s land ownership in the world, yet little research has explored the barriers and opportunities women face in land ownership in the region. This paper identifies patterns, opportunities, and constraints of ownership of land and other assets (houses, livestock, poultry, and gold) by women and men in the Old and New Lands of Egypt. Based on a survey complemented with qualitative i…
Pathways to Empowerment
Development efforts have increased women’s perceived empowerment and freedom, yet have failed to sustainably alter gender norms. There is a lack of research investigating reasons for this anomaly. This study, departing from the conventional approach, tries to fill this gap by employing an interpretative phenomenological approach to assess how women have managed to achieve expanded agency while living within a constraining normative environment. W…
Feminization, rural transformation, and wheat systems in post-soviet Uzbekistan
This paper examines how rural transformation in Uzbekistan alters gender norms and roles and, consequently, affects women's involvement in agriculture. We focus on the role that contextual factors, particularly kinship relations, government goals, and institutional structures each contribute to rural transformation and male out-migration, and how these, in turn, increase women's work in wheat production and processing. The wheat is the most impor…
A feminist political ecology of agricultural innovations in smallholder farming systems
A clear consensus has emerged that innovations are important for adapting to drought and overcoming other biophysical limitations in smallholder farming systems; however, women are notably marginalized from agricultural innovations. We examine whether and how gendered roles and responsibilities shape the adoption and usage of improved wheat varieties and simultaneously uncover opportunities to address and lessen gender-based differences in agricu…
“Even the goats feel the heat
Women's contributions to rangeland cultivation in Tunisia and the effects of climate change upon their livelihoods are both policy blind spots. To make women's contributions to rangeland cultivation visible and to provide policy inputs based on women's needs and priorities into the reforms currently being made in the pastoral code in Tunisia, we conducted fieldwork in three governorates. We conducted focus groups and interviews with 289 individua…
Understanding Agency Within Context
The role of agency in women’s empowerment, whether individual or collective, has long been at the center of feminist discourse. Although, highly context dependent, studies on agency are less contextualized. Based on mixed methods, we generated in-depth understandings of what constitutes agency in livestock-based institutions, and associated contextual factors across three regions. Agency, the ability to make effective participation, conceptualiza…
Beer, barley, livestock, milk
Research conducted in developing countries in the past 50 years generally suggests that most agricultural innovations (whether technological, social, or financial in nature) end up reinforcing existing socio-economic hierarchies based on gender and class. Most of these findings are drawn from the Green Revolution, which focused overwhelmingly on high-yielding varieties of rice, maize, and wheat, along with the introduction or expansion of irrigat…
She Inherits, She Sells
Transforming land rights, improving rural livelihoods, and carving just responses to the climate crisis
The intersection of gender, land rights, climate change, and governance remains a focal point of contemporary discussions on justice, sustainability, and development. Women, despite their extensive contributions to agriculture, water management, and environmental conservation, continue to face systemic exclusion from control and decision-making around land tenure and climate adaptation policies and practices. Indigenous, Black, and Dalit women fa…
Seeds of change
This paper examines women’s leadership in local group governance in Morocco, Tunisia, and Lebanon, highlighting rural co-operatives as key spaces for socioeconomic participation and agency. Based on interviews and focus groups with a total of 917 participants (688 women and 170 men co-operative members, and 59 officials), the study identifies major barriers to women’s leadership, including financial limitations, lack of training, gender stereotyp…
Building climate resilience in the Mena region
This study explores the factors associated with the cultivation of neglected and underutilized crop species (NUS) and agroecology adoption (crop rotation with legumes) amid the climate crisis in rural Lebanon and Morocco. A mixed-methods approach (interviews and questionnaire survey) was used. Five key informant interviews as well as a survey of 923 farmers: 465 in Lebanon (242 men and 223 women) and 458 in Morocco (238 men and 220 women) were co…
The status of gender and development programming in Jordan
In this article, we evaluate the contemporary status of gender anddeveloping programming in Jordan by analyzing data collectedfrom interviews with 23 organizations. Gender programming isoften fragmented and ad hoc in nature taking a “gender equalswomen” with a focus on anti-poverty and efficiency-basedapproaches, rather than considering gender as a relational socialconstruct. The blurred line between the state and NGOs alsoundermines the potentia…
Economics (10 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Business (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (3 works) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (3 works)