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Book (series)Resilience to food insecurity and gender differential decomposition in the Gambia 2023
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No results found.The analysis of household resilience to food insecurity has become a key technical and evidence-based policy instrument for better tailoring development and humanitarian intervention designs. International development agencies must strengthen the capacity of vulnerable households to anticipate, cope with and adapt to shocks and stressors. Despite the humanitarian and development scope of household resilience strengthening, most resilience academic research and policies focused on protracted crises countries. Moreover, too little attention has been paid to in-depth gender inequality analysis in household resilience to food insecurity, and household food security. This paper aims to (i) analyse the key drivers of household resilience to food insecurity and (ii) assess differences in resilience capacity and food security indexes across male and female-headed households, and identify key drivers of these differentials in national, urban, and rural areas in the Gambia, by using Gambian Integrated Household Surveys on consumption expenditure and poverty-level assessment 2015–2016. -
Book (stand-alone)Improving Policy Response to the Differentiated Impacts of High and Volatile Food Prices on Rural Women 2012
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No results found.In a high and volatile food price setting, two aspects determine rural women’s ability to absorb and respond to shocks: the inequalities that create a gender gap in rural development and women’s traditional roles in society. This chapter points to these two aspects that in general terms reduce women’s ability to cope with food price volatility. Rural women, traditionally responsible for providing food and health in the household, face major constraints in fulfilling their roles, render ing them more vulnerable to food price spikes. Major recommendations include building on rural women’s resiliency and mitigating negative coping strategies by reducing gender inequalities in rural development and by providing safety-nets that are appropriately designed to address rural women’s needs and limitations. Gender gaps in rural development refer to those in access to resources; better paying jobs; infrastructure, public services, agricultural extension and technologies, and le vels of participation in farmers organizations and other public institutions. Better design in safety-nets and other social protection programs refer to including mechanisms that are culturally sensitive, reduce women’s time burden, and provide the necessary transportation, child care facilities, and other services and mechanisms that ensure their participation. Gender-transformative approaches in the implementation of policies and programs, including capacity development on gender rol es for the household as a whole, are essential for ending discrimination against women which constraint their economic and social empowerment. Additional areas of research include gender-differentiated impacts of high food prices and volatility, both at the individual and household levels, and the effectiveness of safety-nets and other social protection programs designed to address rural women-specific needs. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetGender opportunities and constraints in land-related agricultural investments
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No results found.This report summarizes the lessons and findings from six country reports based on research activities on gender opportunities and constraints in land-related agricultural investments conducted between 2011 and 2014 in six countries (Ghana, Laos, Philippines, Sierra Leone, United Republic of Tanzania and Zambia). The cases represent a variety of business models and types of agricultural production, and aim to compare established investments with newer investments set up during the wave of land-related investment over the last 10 years. The cases address issues related to gender-differentiated implications with respect to access to, and use and control of land, employment and income-generating opportunities. In each case, the policy and regulatory environment is explored as context for the investment, and an overall analysis of gender and the policy environment is presented. One of the research objectives is to identify good practices and lessons learned to contribute to policy development and investment structuring. The findings are presented and address gender dimensions of tenure rights, participation in collaborative business models and wage employment.
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