Sophia Huyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 2147899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sophia Huyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sophia |
| FAMILY NAME | Huyer |
| SIGNATURE | HUYER S |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Livestock Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6267-8667 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
From gender gaps to gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture
This review considers climate-related vulnerability and the key issues linking gender equality and social inclusion to scaling and mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) toward achieving transformative, inclusive, and sustainable food systems, to reduce climate-related vulnerability. Recent literature continues to highlight structural barriers, biases, inequalities, and power relations impeding the contribution of CSA to reducing climate-r…
Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa
The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines fro…
Breaking through the silicon wall
Technology design and development has traditionally been characterized by a lack of attention to women's priorities and activities; a lack of analysis of gendered impacts; and the influence of socio-cultural gender norms that position technology as a male pursuit. Advances are seen, but progress continues to be slow. For example, women are highly-represented in biology globally, but participation drops significantly in computational biology, and …
Can we turn the tide? Confronting gender inequality in climate policy
Emerging global crises such as climate change, massive migrations, pandemics, and environmental degradation are posing serious risks to humanity, threatening ecosystems and rural livelihoods across the globe. The poor, and especially the most marginalised among the poor, are disproportionately affected. Climate change in particular is expected to exacerbate pre-existing social inequalities, including gender inequalities. Therefore, innovative and…
The climate-smart village approach
Aggarwal, P. K., A. Jarvis, B. M. Campbell, R. B. Zougmoré, A. Khatri-Chhetri, S. J. Vermeulen, A. Loboguerrero, L. S. Sebastian, J. Kinyangi, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Radeny, J. Recha, D. Martinez-Baron, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S. Huyer, P. Thornton, E. Wollenberg, J. Hansen, P. Alvarez-Toro, A. Aguilar-Ariza, D. Arango-Londoño, V. Patiño-Bravo, O. Rivera, M. Ouedraogo and B. Tan Yen. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrati…
Closing the Gender Gap in Agriculture
Agriculture is the largest employment sector for 60% of women in Oceania, Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and women make up 2/3 of the world’s 600 million small livestock managers. Despite this, women’s activities in agriculture are characterised by a global gender gap in vulnerabilities, access to resources, and productivity. As a result of these differences, women and men farmers in developing countries have different abilities to adapt to…
Women and Gender in ICT Statistics and Indicators for Development
Issues related to the gender digital divide have been prominent in discussions of the information society. However, the paucity of statistical data on the subject makes it difficult, if not impossible, to make the case for the inclusion of gender issues in ICT policies, plans, and strategies to policymakers, particularly those in developing countries. This paper surveys available gender ICT statistics and indicators and makes recommendations for …
Female Empowerment and Development in Latin America
In 1992 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arst highlighted technology as a tool for human development, and the more recent Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have recognized the important role that ICT can play in the aght against global poverty and as an effective tool to help achieve the MDGs (Information and Communication Technology for Development, UNDP). Furthermore, nearly all national governments have addressed technology in…
Challenging relations
In 1987–1988, a national debate erupted in Canada on the desirability of entering into a free trade agreement with the USA and its potential effect on Canadian culture, society, and national sovereignty—as well as its economy. A national coalition of labour unions and civil society groups emerged to oppose such an agreement with the USA, and later its expansion to Mexico as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The coalition was hailed…
Information and Communication Technologies
The majority of women still do not have access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) which are appropriate to their needs, and neither are they active participants in the process of science and technology development. Women’s effective access to information and communication technologies can help them achieve increased participation in production and productivity thereby contribute more to economic development. This article looks a…
Engendering Science and Technology Policy
A series of UN conferences, beginning in 1993 and leading up to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women at Beijing in 1995, saw an unprecedented degree of international activity in networking, lobbying and advocating around women’s concerns and success in getting women’s perspectives reflected in international policy. This article describes the experience of the Gender, Science and Development Programme and the Once and Future Action Network (OFA…
Closing the Gender Gap in Agriculture
Agriculture is the largest employment sector for 60% of women in Oceania, Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and women make up 2/3 of the world’s 600 million small livestock managers. Despite this, women’s activities in agriculture are characterised by a global gender gap in vulnerabilities, access to resources, and productivity. As a result of these differences, women and men farmers in developing countries have different abilities to adapt to…
Can we turn the tide? Confronting gender inequality in climate policy
Emerging global crises such as climate change, massive migrations, pandemics, and environmental degradation are posing serious risks to humanity, threatening ecosystems and rural livelihoods across the globe. The poor, and especially the most marginalised among the poor, are disproportionately affected. Climate change in particular is expected to exacerbate pre-existing social inequalities, including gender inequalities. Therefore, innovative and…
The climate-smart village approach
Aggarwal, P. K., A. Jarvis, B. M. Campbell, R. B. Zougmoré, A. Khatri-Chhetri, S. J. Vermeulen, A. Loboguerrero, L. S. Sebastian, J. Kinyangi, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Radeny, J. Recha, D. Martinez-Baron, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S. Huyer, P. Thornton, E. Wollenberg, J. Hansen, P. Alvarez-Toro, A. Aguilar-Ariza, D. Arango-Londoño, V. Patiño-Bravo, O. Rivera, M. Ouedraogo and B. Tan Yen. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrati…
Information and Communication Technologies
The majority of women still do not have access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) which are appropriate to their needs, and neither are they active participants in the process of science and technology development. Women’s effective access to information and communication technologies can help them achieve increased participation in production and productivity thereby contribute more to economic development. This article looks a…
Engendering Science and Technology Policy
A series of UN conferences, beginning in 1993 and leading up to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women at Beijing in 1995, saw an unprecedented degree of international activity in networking, lobbying and advocating around women’s concerns and success in getting women’s perspectives reflected in international policy. This article describes the experience of the Gender, Science and Development Programme and the Once and Future Action Network (OFA…
Information and Communication Technologies
The majority of women still do not have access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) which are appropriate to their needs, and neither are they active participants in the process of science and technology development. Women’s effective access to information and communication technologies can help them achieve increased participation in production and productivity thereby contribute more to economic development. This article looks a…
Challenging relations
In 1987–1988, a national debate erupted in Canada on the desirability of entering into a free trade agreement with the USA and its potential effect on Canadian culture, society, and national sovereignty—as well as its economy. A national coalition of labour unions and civil society groups emerged to oppose such an agreement with the USA, and later its expansion to Mexico as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The coalition was hailed…
Women and Gender in ICT Statistics and Indicators for Development
Issues related to the gender digital divide have been prominent in discussions of the information society. However, the paucity of statistical data on the subject makes it difficult, if not impossible, to make the case for the inclusion of gender issues in ICT policies, plans, and strategies to policymakers, particularly those in developing countries. This paper surveys available gender ICT statistics and indicators and makes recommendations for …
Female Empowerment and Development in Latin America
In 1992 the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arst highlighted technology as a tool for human development, and the more recent Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have recognized the important role that ICT can play in the aght against global poverty and as an effective tool to help achieve the MDGs (Information and Communication Technology for Development, UNDP). Furthermore, nearly all national governments have addressed technology in…
Closing the Gender Gap in Agriculture
Agriculture is the largest employment sector for 60% of women in Oceania, Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa and women make up 2/3 of the world’s 600 million small livestock managers. Despite this, women’s activities in agriculture are characterised by a global gender gap in vulnerabilities, access to resources, and productivity. As a result of these differences, women and men farmers in developing countries have different abilities to adapt to…
The climate-smart village approach
Aggarwal, P. K., A. Jarvis, B. M. Campbell, R. B. Zougmoré, A. Khatri-Chhetri, S. J. Vermeulen, A. Loboguerrero, L. S. Sebastian, J. Kinyangi, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Radeny, J. Recha, D. Martinez-Baron, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S. Huyer, P. Thornton, E. Wollenberg, J. Hansen, P. Alvarez-Toro, A. Aguilar-Ariza, D. Arango-Londoño, V. Patiño-Bravo, O. Rivera, M. Ouedraogo and B. Tan Yen. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrati…
Can we turn the tide? Confronting gender inequality in climate policy
Emerging global crises such as climate change, massive migrations, pandemics, and environmental degradation are posing serious risks to humanity, threatening ecosystems and rural livelihoods across the globe. The poor, and especially the most marginalised among the poor, are disproportionately affected. Climate change in particular is expected to exacerbate pre-existing social inequalities, including gender inequalities. Therefore, innovative and…
Breaking through the silicon wall
Technology design and development has traditionally been characterized by a lack of attention to women's priorities and activities; a lack of analysis of gendered impacts; and the influence of socio-cultural gender norms that position technology as a male pursuit. Advances are seen, but progress continues to be slow. For example, women are highly-represented in biology globally, but participation drops significantly in computational biology, and …
Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa
The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines fro…
From gender gaps to gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture
This review considers climate-related vulnerability and the key issues linking gender equality and social inclusion to scaling and mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) toward achieving transformative, inclusive, and sustainable food systems, to reduce climate-related vulnerability. Recent literature continues to highlight structural barriers, biases, inequalities, and power relations impeding the contribution of CSA to reducing climate-r…
Economic growth (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Agriculture (6 works) · Business (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Empowerment (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Climate change (3 works)