“…For example, in mapping exercises of changes in Fiji's coral reef, women identified changes such as coral bleaching, the spawning period of certain fish species, algal blooms, and the extent of the dry and rainy periods. They also were able to identify locations for new well drilling in Micronesia based on their knowledge of local water tables (Lane & McNaught 2009). …”
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 climate change. But addressing gender inequalities in agriculture to address climate change involves more than erasing inequities in access to resources. The question of whether women have control of these resources; whether they participate in use of and decisions around the accrued benefits of increased production and income, and whether resources meet their requirements and priorities, will all determine whether the gender gap in agriculture is closed. It also involves ensuring that women's needs and priorities are met, in terms of how priorities are set, modes of support and resources. Technologies to support resilience and adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers can promote women's empowerment and the transformation of gender relations in addition to sustainably increasing agricultural production. But this will only happen if they are implemented in a framework of mutually reinforcing resources, women's
“…For example, in mapping exercises of changes in Fiji's coral reef, women identified changes such as coral bleaching, the spawning period of certain fish species, algal blooms, and the extent of the dry and rainy periods. They also were able to identify locations for new well drilling in Micronesia based on their knowledge of local water tables (Lane & McNaught 2009). …”
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 climate change. But addressing gender inequalities in agriculture to address climate change involves more than erasing inequities in access to resources. The question of whether women have control of these resources; whether they participate in use of and decisions around the accrued benefits of increased production and income, and whether resources meet their requirements and priorities, will all determine whether the gender gap in agriculture is closed. It also involves ensuring that women's needs and priorities are met, in terms of how priorities are set, modes of support and resources. Technologies to support resilience and adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers can promote women's empowerment and the transformation of gender relations in addition to sustainably increasing agricultural production. But this will only happen if they are implemented in a framework of mutually reinforcing resources, women's
“…Women use this knowledge in managing local resources, but importantly, this knowledge can also be used for the development of pharmaceutical and other products with commercial value.It is also important to take into account women's … traditional knowledge and practices in the development of new technology to address climate change. (Lane and McNaught , 67, citing Kiribati's Minister for Internal and Social Affairs)Women's networks are a largely untapped resource for spreading solutions to climate change such as solar, wind, and geothermal technologies; sustainable agriculture and permaculture; and new cultural narratives and economic structures.The programme aims to recover indigenous environmental knowledge—especially that of women—which, when blended with modern techniques and technology, could contribute to a more effective adaptation response.Because women often play the role of “carer” or “healer” in the community, they may possess knowledge of environmentally sustainable practices, such as benefits derived from medicinal plants and other non‐timber forestry products.Women's extensive experience makes them an invaluable source of knowledge and expertise on environmental management and appropriate actions.…”
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“…It is also important to take into account women's … traditional knowledge and practices in the development of new technology to address climate change. (Lane and McNaught , 67, citing Kiribati's Minister for Internal and Social Affairs)…”
In this paper, I argue that although it is important to attend to injustices surrounding women's epistemic exclusions, it is equally important to attend to injustices surrounding women's epistemic inclusions. Partly in response to the historical exclusion of women's knowledge, there has been increasing effort among first‐world actors to seek out women's knowledge. This trend is apparent in efforts to mainstream gender in climate change negotiation. Here, one is told that women's superior knowledge about how to adapt to climate change makes them “poised to help solve and overcome this daunting challenge.” Pulling from the work of Miranda Fricker, I argue that such claims risk epistemically objectifying women. To illuminate the risk of women's epistemic objectification in climate change discourse, I offer a feminist analysis of current efforts to seek women's environmental knowledge, cautioning throughout that such efforts must reflect just epistemic relations.
“…The CBHFA program is implemented with the support of Samoa's powerful Church network at the village level, and incorporates gender considerations with its approach by ensuring participation from both men and women, and girls and boys (see Lane and McNaught, 2009 for details of gender issues in the Pacific). Over a two week period, the project team (comprised mainly of volunteers) use the VCA to assess the specific vulnerabilities and capacities of the village and develop a targeted response to educate people in ways to overcome and become more aware of the risks in their daily lives.…”
Abstract. It is acknowledged by academics and development practitioners alike that many common strategies addressing community based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation duplicate each other. Thus, there is a strong push to integrate the two fields to enhance aid effectiveness and reduce confusion for communities. Examples of community based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) projects are presented to highlight some of the ways these issues are tackled in the Pacific. Various approaches are employed but all aim to reduce the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of local communities to the impacts of climate change and disasters. By focusing on three case studies, elements of best practice are drawn out to illustrate how DRR and CCA can be integrated for enhanced aid effectiveness, and also look at ways in which these two often overlapping fields can be better coordinated in ongoing and future projects. Projects that address vulnerability holistically, and target the overall needs and capacity of the community are found to be effective in enhancing the resilience of communities. By strategically developing a multistakeholder and multi-sector approach, community projects are likely to encapsulate a range of experience and skills that will benefit the community. Furthermore, by incorporating local knowledge, communities are far more likely to be engaged and actively participate in the project. From selected case studies, commonly occurring best practice methods to integrate DRR and CCA are identified and discussed and recommendations on how to overcome the common challenges also presented.
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