{"title":"Seeing through water: gender, anxiety and livelihoods in large-scale infrastructural development in the era of climate change.","authors":"Y. Braun","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0006","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 A narrative approach is taken in this chapter to document and analyze the gendered social and socio-environmental consequences of globalized river basin development using water as the lens to understand the depth and breadth of these changes in people's lives. The chapter is based on primary multi-site ethnographic field research conducted in all three active dam areas of Lesotho in 1997 and 2000-2002, as well as ongoing documentary research. Water remains central within Lesotho's national development plans and to the stability of the region even amid changing climate conditions. More locally, as water becomes more precarious within the lives of highlands residents living near the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), this chapter reveals the multi-layered, complex, embodied experiences of infrastructure policy and its consequences, for the everyday lives and livelihoods of people directly affected by these projects.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123264548","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Najjar, B. Dhehibi, B. Baruah, A. Aw-Hassan, A. Bentaibi
{"title":"Climate-induced migration, women and decision making power in the agricultural wage sector in Saiss, Morocco.","authors":"D. Najjar, B. Dhehibi, B. Baruah, A. Aw-Hassan, A. Bentaibi","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0014","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 This chapter examines the gendered effects of drought-induced migration in rural Morocco for settler migrants and farmers who stay behind in sending communities. Due to state investments in irrigation, the Saiss plains of Morocco are experiencing rural-rural migration as an adaptive strategy for many who are escaping climate change and unemployment, to take advantage of labor opportunities in agricultural sectors elsewhere. The well-being and decision making power of male and female migrants in receiving communities (Betit and Sidi Slimane) and women staying behind in sending communities (Ain Jemaa) are examined. The chapter begins with a literature review on decision making power, gender, migration, and work in rural areas. Following this, the case study characteristics are presented, which detail how climate change is fueling migration, gender norms in host and sending communities, as well as the gender dynamics in accessing economic opportunities and decision making power. The chapter ends with recommendations to strengthen the women's decision making power as migration continues, with a focus on strengthening landed property ownership for women.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"116 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121374669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender, weather shocks and food security: empirical evidence from Uganda.","authors":"F. Mwesigye","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0004","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 Following an overview of agricultural sector performance, climate change, and variability in Uganda, this chapter presents a study examining the food security effects of weather shocks by gender in the country. The results show that the incidence of food insecurity increases with an increase in all measures of weather shocks (drought, floods, and irregular rains). In addition, the findings reveal that female-headed households are more vulnerable to climate change than male-headed households and hence are most likely to suffer from food insecurity. The results also show that refugees and rural households are more prone to food insecurity than national- and urban-based households.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128846318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Caring for corn and beans: reassessing subsistence agriculture and climate change.","authors":"E. Garner","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0007","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 To move beyond a material understanding of women's relationship to climate change, this chapter explores a care work framework that explicitly includes women's participation in subsistence agriculture, while expanding climate change frameworks to consider care work. The case of Honduras is used in the current study to reflect on the need for and opportunities of this framework. Through this case study, subsistence agriculture is reconceptualized as a vital contribution to household and community agriculture. This is done by broadening the definition of care work, and by positioning agriculture within a corporeal-material-socio-cultural framework that reconnects the various 'food domains'.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134121969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender mainstreaming in climate change adaptation strategies in Bangladesh and Nepal.","authors":"S. Shehwar","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 This chapter discusses the state of gender mainstreaming in climate action activities and policies in two South Asian neighbors, Bangladesh and Nepal, based on a review of key climate change policy documents. Three questions are addressed: (1) How do Bangladesh and Nepal mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change for rural women? (2) How do climate policies and programmes in Bangladesh and Nepal respond to the different needs and concerns of these women within their national adaptation strategies? (3) What are the opportunities and challenges of mainstreaming gender in climate action policies and programmes in Bangladesh and Nepal? A key argument of this chapter is that climate change is not gender-neutral, and it has become increasingly necessary for Bangladesh and Nepal to learn from one another in order to build gender-sensitive strategies that are cognizant of the needs of rural women.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129133766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender and climate-smart agriculture in Africa.","authors":"A. Babugura","doi":"10.1079/9781789247053.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789247053.0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract\u0000 This chapter explores the interrelated issues of gender and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) within the African context. The importance and goal of mainstreaming gender into CSA is emphasized. The chapter draws on knowledge from CSA good practice and innovative approaches to highlight some successes and lessons learned from African countries. Opportunities for gender-sensitive actions in CSA within the African context are discussed, and gender-equitable CSA best practices in Africa are presented.","PeriodicalId":228057,"journal":{"name":"Gender, climate change and livelihoods: vulnerabilities and adaptations","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116882493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}