This article discusses ways in which the South African Government and grassroots organizations envisage and implement democracy achieved since 1994 in the eld of water resources management. The focus is on the democratic, political and economic freedom and equality in resource rights for poor bl...
Schreiner, B.
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Mohapi, N.
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa]
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Washing away poverty: water, democracy and gendered poverty eradication in South Africa
From a broad review of 670 publications on gender and forests, ~130 were found to address the world’s dry forests. These were examined with the intent to extract gendered social, cultural, political and economic patterns of relevance in such forests. Seven interrelated themes recurred in this lit...
Colfer, C.J.P.
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Elias, Marlène
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review]
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Women and men in tropical dry forests: a preliminary review
Shea butter, derived from the African shea tree, has acquired a pivotal position in global agro-food and cosmetics industries. In Burkina Faso, public and private actors as well as civil society are converging upon the product to boost the incomes of rural female producers. As a result of these t...
Elias, Marlène
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Arora-Jonsson, S.
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[Negotiating across difference: gendered exclusions and cooperation in the shea value chain]
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Negotiating across difference: gendered exclusions and cooperation in the shea value chain
This article provides a description of intra-household survey data that were collected in Uganda and Tanzania in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The surveys were implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 585 households in Uganda and 608 in Tanzania. Information on decision maki...
Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Nyakundi, Fridah
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Acosta, Mariola
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Läderach, Peter
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[Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania]
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Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania
Drawing upon examples of street vendors in Hanoi, this study explores gendered strategies to adapt to rapid urbanization, and how street vendors’ responses, in turn, shape the current informal food systems. The findings show that Hanoi’s informal food system is organized based on social, as well ...
Kawarazuka, Nozomi
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Béné, Christophe
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Prain, Gordon
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[Adapting to a new urbanizing environment: gendered strategies of Hanoi’s street food vendors]
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Adapting to a new urbanizing environment: gendered strategies of Hanoi’s street food vendors
This paper analyses how men and women in South West Bangladesh perceive gender norms to affect their ability to innovate, adopt, and benefit from new technologies in aquaculture, fisheries and agricultural systems. The qualitative findings from six villages in 2014 confirm that the engagement of ...
Aregu, Lemlem
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Choudhury, Afrina
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Rajaratnam, Surendran
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Locke, Catherine
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McDougall, Cynthia
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[Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh]
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Gender norms and agricultural innovation: Insights from six villages in Bangladesh
Abay, Kibrom
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Amare, M.
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[Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria]
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Night light intensity and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria
As women's participation has become central to the formulation and implementation of development programs, gender relations within households and gendered discourses in development programs have been subject to much scrutiny. This paper seeks to expand these notions of gender and development by s...
Basu, P.
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Galiè, Alessandra
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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[Presence and property: Gendered perspectives on participation in a dairy development program in Kenya and Uganda]
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Presence and property: Gendered perspectives on participation in a dairy development program in Kenya and Uganda
Gender dynamics shape and influence the nature of participation in, as well as the ability to benefit from, seed and ware potato markets in Malawi. 35 sex-disaggregated focus group discussions with farmers and 4 interviews with extension officers were conducted in Dedza and Ntcheu districts. Data...
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Kapalasa, E.
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Chevo, T.
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Chevo, T.
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Nyekanyeka, T.
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Demo, P.
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[Gender norms and the marketing of seeds and ware potatoes in Malawi.]
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Gender norms and the marketing of seeds and ware potatoes in Malawi.
Mudege, Netsayi N.
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Kwangwari, C.
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[Women and participation in civil society: Do women get empowered? The case of women in Goromonzi District in Zimbabwe]
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Women and participation in civil society: Do women get empowered? The case of women in Goromonzi District in Zimbabwe