Concerted efforts are needed to empower women and place them at the forefront of initiatives to combat drought and desertification and to engage them as leaders, alongside men, to influence and make decisions about land use and the best approaches to overcome drought and land degradation. [...] Women are promoting and supporting equitable land tenure and land titles, women’s access to common lands, and women’s participa- tion in training and access to credit, financial services, markets, and technology, with the aim to improve their knowledge and capacity to effectively manage land and lead revitalisation efforts. [...] Global campaigns, such as the HerLand and Stand for Her Land (S4HL) campaigns, are raising awareness of these issues, promoting women and girls’ contributions to sustainable land management, and supporting land rights for women and girls worldwide, including through the integration of women’s land rights in legislation and practice. [...] Concentration of power and hierarchical relations in the public and private spheres: The concentration of power and hierarchical relations in the public and private spheres make it difficult for the voices, perspectives, and experiences of women to be heard and integrated into public policy and practice. [...] Approach to identifying and analysing women-led solutions to drought To strengthen the knowledge on gender and intersectional issues, UNCCD has produced several policy-relevant studies and publications to raise awareness and facilitate discourse on a new and transformative vision for land management policy, planning, governance, and practice at global and national scales.
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Table of Contents
- Marcador 1 71
- Acronyms 5
- PART 1 6
- Preface 7
- Executive SummarY 9
- Background 10
- Conclusions 16
- Key findings 17
- Droughts: A global ecological and socio-economic challenge 18
- Approach to identifying and analysing women-led solutions to drought 21
- Causes of gender inequalities 23
- 1. Inequitable control of, and access to, natural resources 26
- Promising and innovative practices to enhance the control of, and access to, land 27
- Lessons learned from women-led solutions 32
- 2. Lack of or limited access to markets, capital, training, technical assistance, financial services, and technologies 33
- Making knowledge accessible 34
- Women leaders leveraging climate information services 34
- Women employing new innovative technologies 36
- The power of innovative knowledge 38
- The value of women’s traditional knowledge 39
- Capacity building and training programmes tailored to women 40
- Rural tourism: the Wada network of guesthouses 42
- Seeds for life 43
- Women’s role in managing water systems 45
- Gender-inclusive climate resilient value chain 47
- Direct access to financial resources 48
- Lessons learned from women-led solutions 49
- 3. Patriarchal, discriminatory, and violent norms and laws 50
- Lessons learned from women-led solutions 53
- 4. The gendered division of labour and unequal social and economic organisation of care 54
- Emerging efforts to address women’s and girls’ unpaid care, domestic and communal work 56
- Lessons learned from women-led solutions 59
- 5. The concentration of power and hierarchical relations in the public and private spheres 60
- Lessons learned from women-led solutions 66
- Conclusions 67
- Bibliography 69
- PART 2 71
- Promising Practices 71
- AFRICA 72
- Grass seed banks offer women economic empowerment: Amboseli Ecosystem Trust 73
- Empowering women to manage drought-prone lands: Amkeni Wamama 76
- Strengthening honey production and processing through engagement of ‘The Queens of Bees’ – promoting women in beekeeping: APISEN 79
- Supporting women’s incomes through market gardening during the dry season and reinvesting in a women’s group: Association Kandili 82
- Bridging the gender gap in accessing and utilising climate information while harnessing women’s leadership potential to drive climate action: Christine Akwero Foundation Uganda 84
- Training women leaders to develop and run an agroecological farm and nursery: Association Diaoule D’Abord 88
- Supporting women in watershed conservation and integrative farming: Organised Women’s Group Building their Resilience Capacity 91
- Empowering women farmers at the forefront of resilience-building and leveraging their leadership and expertise in agriculture: Global Youth Foundation 94
- Restoring shea parklands across the Sahel, under the leadership of women: Global Shea Alliance (GSA) 98
- Leveraging women’s groups to lead conservation initiatives in arid and semi-arid lands: Indigenous movement for peace advancement and conflict transformation (IMPACT) 102
- Promoting gender equality, supporting sustainable agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and raising awareness of related governance systems: Jie Community Animal Health Worker Association (JICAHWA) 105
- Engaging pastoral women in landscape restoration enterprises to tackle drought resilience and land degradation: JUSTDIGGIT 108
- Using radio to reach women and other marginalised communities and raise awareness of climate-smart practices: Radio FANTASEE 111
- Transforming arid zones into fertile farmland: Sand To Green 114
- asia 117
- Supporting women to lead sustainable land management and drought resilience: Future Drought Fund, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 118
- Tackling water scarcity under the leadership of women: Bhungroo initiative 120
- Mobilising women in favour of land restoration and desert control: China Green Foundation 123
- Restoring and regenerating pasturelands under the leadership of women’s committees: Maldhari Rural Action Group (MARAG) Pastoral Women Alliance 125
- Supporting desertification management through agricultural industrialisation: Ronglan Desert Governance 128
- Building the resilience of smallholder farmers against climate variability and extreme weather events: The Climate Resilient Integrated Water Management Project (CRIWMP) 130
- Restoring vegetation, improving soil quality, and mitigating the adverse effects of drought and desertification: Mycorrhizal Fungi to Enhance Soil Quality 134
- Fostering sustainable land management and rural development alongside intra-community dialogue: Women’s Association of Deir El Ahmar (WADA) 137
- Restoring fragile mountain ecosystems and empowering women economically: Rural Development Public Fund 140
- LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 143
- Bridging traditional knowledge and modern academia to support ecohydrological monitoring: Association for the Conservation and Study of Andean-Amazonian Mountains (ACEMAA) 144
- Building wells and using solar pumping to ensure a steady water supply in times of drought: Association of Women Producers of Milk and Milk Derivatives (AMPLED) 146
- Inspiring women firefighters through the leadership of women in forest fire control, operational issues training, and tool maintenance: National System of Conservation Areas / SOS Wildfire Association 148
- Giving visibility to the economic contributions of women through agroecological logbooks: The Caderneta Agroecológica 150
- Strengthening community engagement and women’s leadership in response to land degradation challenges: Corporación Nacional Forestal (CONAF) 154
- Supporting climate change adaptation, with women’s leadership: CBO La Gloria in Sierra de Cubitas 157
- Empowering rural women and facilitating critical access to water: Ser-tão Mulher Project 160
- Rehabilitating and operationalising small water infrastructure and supporting women’s role in water management: Anticipating the Impacts of Agricultural Drought in the Venezuelan Guajira 162
- Constructing a system of rain ponds and supporting women as water guardians: Asociación Bartolomé Aripaylla 165
- Improving the quality of life of small farmer families through the construction of cisterns, education on farmers’ rights and land law, and more: El Jabalí Producers Association 167
- Strengthening community capacities in favour of ecosystem health and sustainable use through dialogue and action: TEJIDO/RED por el Cuidado del Río de La Arena 170
- Improving food and nutritional security in vulnerable communities: GACEM Savings and Credit Groups for Women’s Empowerment 173
