Forests: Gender and value chains

Advancing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

“…Understanding gendered roles and dependence on forest products, as well as the socio-cultural (norms and beliefs), technical (access to information, inputs, credit and markets), policy (public and private), and other barriers that prevent women and marginalized groups from participating in forest product value chains provided the basis for developing approaches to overcome these obstacles and enhance equality (Shackleton et al 2012;Mulyoutami et al 2013;Blare and Useche 2015;Gumucio et al 2016a;Ingram et al 2016;Blare and Donovan 2017;Armbruster et al 2019;Ramos et al 2019). A review of guides for gender-equitable value chain development (Stoian et al 2018a) offered suggestions to practitioners who seek gender equality and poverty reduction outcomes through markets.…”