Connecting Women, Connecting Men
How Communities and Organizations Interact to Strengthen Adaptive Capacity and Food Security in the Face of Climate Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12319299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Cramer (0000-0003-1559-3497, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)., corresponding author), Wiebke Förch (0000-0002-8187-3510, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).), Ianetta Mutie (CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).), Philip K Thornton (0000-0002-1854-0182, CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-199 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Technology and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0971-8524 • E-ISSN: 0973-0656 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0971852416639771 |
| OpenAlex | W2379413582 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 30 |
Given the different roles that women and men play in households and communities, strategies to improve food security and build adaptive capacity need to take gender differences into account. In many developing countries, local organizations have a role to play in it. However, the degree to which there is an overlap among the priorities of men, women, and organizations (including non-governmental bodies, local government offices, and other agencies working in the community) is not generally known, nor do we know whether organizations are strengthening the adaptive capacity of both men and women effectively and equally. Using gender-disaggregated data arising from community-level participatory research and organizational-level interviews from 15 sites across West Africa, East Africa, and South Asia, we conduct a cross-regional analysis of local organizational landscapes as they relate to livelihoods and food security. We find that in all regions, women tend to value local organizations more highly and thus appear to be less connected to external organizations than men. Additionally, women’s perception of food security is broader than men’s, going beyond a production focus. Most of the local organizations with food security as a stated objective focus on production, which can marginalize/alienate women. Given the effects that climate change is predicted to have on food security, development organizations should consider the differing priorities of men and women, and use a gendered perspective when building adaptive capacity to respond to climate change, and to maintain/improve food security. Such work can, perhaps, most effectively be implemented through existing community groups
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Gender equality in climate policy and practice hindered by assumptions
Identifying leverage points for strengthening adaptive capacity to climate change
Gendered social capital and adaptive capacity
Adaptive capacity within tropical marine protected areas – Differences between men- and women-headed households
Developing women as ICT users
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments
Smart Investments in Sustainable Food Production
Climate Change Impacts on Global Food Security
Conceptualising environmental collective action
A vision for attaining food security
The Adaptive Capacity Wheel
Food security and global environmental change
Climate change vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation
Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India
Climate change
Engendering the climate-change negotiations
Protocols, treaties, and action
Women producers and the benefits of collective forms of enterprise
Women's coping and adaptation capacities in pastoralist communities in Africa
Contextualising and conceptualising gender and climate change in Africa
Adaptation and the state
How resilient are farming households and communities to a changing climate in Africa? A gender-based perspective
Living and responding to multiple stressors in South Africa—Glimpses from KwaZulu-Natal
A conceptual framework for analysing adaptive capacity and multi-level learning processes in resource governance regimes
Are we adapting to climate change
The determinants of vulnerability and adaptive capacity at the national level and the implications for adaptation
Combining analytical frameworks to assess livelihood vulnerability to climate change and analyse adaptation options
Taking Complexity in Food Systems Seriously
Who is Driving Development? Reflections on the Transformative Potential of Asset-based Community Development
Adaptive capacity and its assessment
Uncertainty in adaptive capacity and the importance of scale
| Citations per year | 1.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |