Traditional gender inequalities limit pastoral women’s opportunities for adaptation to climate change: Evidence from the Afar pastoralists of Ethiopia

Balehey, Selam; Tesfay, Girmay; Balehegn, Mulubrhan

doi:10.1186/s13570-018-0129-1

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“…The relationship between climate change and women's health outcomes was analyzed by 16 studies included in the review (Abdullah et al., 2019 ; Alhassan et al., 2019 ; Asamoah et al., 2018 ; Balehey et al., 2018 ; Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Bunce et al., 2016 ; Cil & Cameron, 2017 ; Denton, 2002 ; Khan et al., 2011 ; Khapung, 2016 ; Koehler, 2016 ; MacVicar et al., 2017 ; Mazorra et al., 2020 ; Poudel et al., 2020 ; Scheelbeek et al., 2016 ; Tirado et al., 2013 ). Women were more affected by nutritional deficiencies, such as malnutrition and anemia, due to food insecurity reasons (Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Denton, 2002 ; Koehler, 2016 ; Tirado et al., 2013 ).…”

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“…Twenty‐two articles explored the risk factors to vulnerability in relation to women's health and climate change (Alhassan et al., 2019 ; Balehey et al., 2018 ; Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Bunce et al., 2016 ; Carranza & Niles, 2019 ; Denton, 2002 ; Khapung, 2016 ; Koehler, 2016 ; Larson et al., 2018 ; Leipert & Reutter, 2005 ; MacVicar et al., 2017 ; Marí‐Dell'Olmo et al., 2019 ; Mason & Agan, 2015 ; Masson et al., 2019 ; Mazorra et al., 2020 ; Ortega‐Egea et al., 2014 ; Poudel et al., 2020 ; Roy & Venema, 2002 ; Seidel & Bell 2014 ; Shanthi et al., 2017 ; Shodieva et al., 2014 ; Singh et al., 2018 ). Climate change exacerbated existing gender and social inequalities faced by women, especially in rural and remote communities (Alhassan et al., 2019 ; Balehey et al., 2018 ; Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Bunce et al., 2016 ; Khapung, 2016 ). Women in rural areas were found to have decreased social networking and employment opportunities in order to increase their income (Alhassan et al., 2019 ; Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Khapung, 2016 ; Leipert & Reutter, 2005 ; Mason & Agan, 2015 ; Masson et al., 2019 ; Poudel et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…They were identified as often being the last members to eat in the household, allowing the males in the family and the children to eat first (Bunce et al., 2016 ; Leipert & Reutter, 2005 ; Masson et al., 2019 ; Ortega‐Egea et al., 2014 ). The studies overall reported that women in general had very limited rights in owning land, wealth and were often excluded from inheritance (Balehey et al., 2018 ; Beaumier & Ford, 2010 ; Carranza & Niles, 2019 ; Denton, 2002 ; Koehler, 2016 ; Leipert & Reutter, 2005 ; MacVicar et al., 2017 ; Mason & Agan, 2015 ; Masson et al., 2019 ; Roy & Venema, 2002 ; Shanthi et al., 2017 ; Shodieva et al., 2014 ; Singh et al., 2018 ). Women's health and their role as caregivers are significantly affected by their lack of human rights, exclusion from decision making in society, and financial dependence on males who earn income in their households (Masson et al., 2019 ; Ortega‐Egea et al., 2014 ; Poudel et al., 2020 ; Roy & Venema, 2002 ; Singh et al., 2018 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The relationship between climate change and women's health outcomes was analysed by sixteen studies included in the review (Denton 2002, Beaumier 2010, Khan et al 2011, Tirado 2013, Bunce 2016, Khapung 2016, Koehler 2016, Scheelbeek et al 2016, Cil and Cameron 2017, MacVicar et al 2017, Asamoah, Kjellstrom et al 2018, Balehey 2018, Abdullahet al 2019, Alhassan 2019, Mazorra 2020, Poudel 2020. Women were more affected by nutritional deficiencies, such as malnutrition and anaemia, due to food insecurity reasons (Denton 2002, Beaumier 2010, Tirado 2013, Koehler 2016).…”

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Climate Change and Women's Health: A Scoping Review

Desai

Zhang

2021

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Climate change is a significant global health threat that is, underpinned by the existing issue of gender inequality. A scoping review was conducted to better understand the relationship between climate change and women's health. We found a notably higher proportion of existing studies focused on low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Most of the studies included were published after 2010, with predominantly qualitative study designs. Four key themes were identified, including women's exposure to climate change risks, the impacts on women's health, factors contributing to the vulnerability, and responding strategies in addressing climate change. The scoping review indicates that women's health is at higher risks due to the vulnerability to climate change, especially in LMICs. Meanwhile, it is beneficial to have insights from women in terms of adaptation and mitigation strategies to build stronger resilience. Mixed methods are strongly recommended to support evidence‐based policy making in responding to climate change.

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Climate Change and Women's Health: A Scoping Review

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Zhang

2021

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“…Therefore, it is very important to ensure the sustainability of the water supply for irrigation of the fields (Emmanouil et al 2021). The level of farms depends on many factors, including the level of education of people working on the land, socio-economic factors or access to drought-resistant plant varieties (Bedeke et al 2020;Balehey 2018). Market linkages are weak and the use of better and revised seeds, fertilizers and pesticides coupled with primitive planting methods restrain progress.…”

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Environmental, social and economic factors in sustainable development with food, energy and eco-space aspect security

Borowski

Patuk

2021

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Sustainable development is now a key factor in the global economy. Sustainable development is a process that leads to the satisfaction of the current needs of people and at the same time goes towards further development without destroying and limiting the possibilities of meeting the needs of future generations. Therefore, joint efforts should be made as soon as possible to build a sustainable and safe future for all people and the planet as a whole. Therefore, it is important to promote and support sustainable development by managing natural resources and ecosystems and the entire environment including people. The presented research was done on-site in African and European countries (Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Turkey, and Poland) to determine their level of sustainable development. The level of sustainable development was determined by selected indicators from the Human Development Index. The level of sustainable development was determined by selected indicators from the Human Development Index. In this study, the authors used basic methods of social and economic research as follows: (1) market observation, (2) primary research on-site and (3) secondary research and the use of statistical analysis (Pearson Correlation). These methods were used to define the social and scientific problems and identify factors that affected a country's sustainable development. The main scientific problem, addressed by the study was undertaken in order to help facilitate a outcome on the energy, food and agricultural sectors connected with climate change and environmental law. It was found that there is an extremely strong positive correlation (from 0.8 to 1.0), and a very strong negative correlation (from -0.8 to -1.0) between the levels of a country’s age share, CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption, and natural resources depletion.

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Gender and livestock feed research in developing countries: A review

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Livestock productivity and the resulting economic benefits for smallholder farmers are constrained by a limited supply of quality feed. Gender influences both the drivers and constraints for feed technology adoption as well as the distribution of benefits from feed technologies; however, research with gender‐disaggregated data related to livestock feed practices and technologies has not previously been systematically collected and analyzed. This review examines the current scope and patterns in the literature and highlights opportunities that could benefit future livestock feeding research. The review identified 72 articles with gender‐disaggregated data related to livestock feeding, which were analyzed thematically based on the type of gender data collected: division of labor (44 articles), decision making (eight articles), knowledge (nine articles), and technology adoption (11 articles). Across nine different feed activities, women had a comparatively higher level of involvement than men in 49% of the observations (81), whereas men were more involved than women in 48% of the observations (79); equal involvement accounted for the remaining 3% of the observations (n = 7). However, individual feed tasks showed stronger involvement trends toward men or women. Women were more likely to be involved in the provision of feed to livestock than men (69% of observations, 24 observations), whereas men had higher levels of participation than women in fodder collection (54%, 19 observations) and grazing and herding (65%, 33 observations). Future research on women's roles in feed‐related activities could help to improve adoption, scaling, and sustainability of feed improvement interventions through the use of gender‐sensitive data collection tools.

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Traditional gender inequalities limit pastoral women’s opportunities for adaptation to climate change: Evidence from the Afar pastoralists of Ethiopia

Cited by 35 publications

References 26 publications

Climate Change and Women's Health: A Scoping Review

Climate Change and Women's Health: A Scoping Review

Environmental, social and economic factors in sustainable development with food, energy and eco-space aspect security

Gender and livestock feed research in developing countries: A review

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