Pastoralism, Gender & Youth (page 3)
IGC/IRC 2021 papers on pastoralism, gender & policy issues in Eastern Africa
At the combined International Grassland & Rangeland Congress (IGC/IRC) held in Nairobi, Kenya, in October 2021, several papers about work in pastoral areas of Eastern Africa were presented in the session on “Pastoralism, social, gender & policy issues”: Social differentiation in (agro)pastoral climate change adaptation: intersectional perspectives on socio-technical change in Kenya and Burkina Faso, […]
Maasai women’s empowerment & food security in Tanzania
The article “Women’s empowerment, food security and nutrition of pastoral communities in Tanzania” by Alessandra Galiè et al (2019, published in Global Food Security 23: 125–134) is based on a study of the relationship between Maasai women’s empowerment, household food security, and maternal and child diet diversity (as one indicator of nutrition security) in Tanzania. […]
Empowering women through participatory rangeland management
A key objective in piloting Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM) in Kenya and Tanzania was to support empowerment of pastoral women – to improve access to material, human and social resources; to enable women to have greater control over setting goals and taking action to achieve them; and to improve women’s wellbeing and capacity to make […]
Women’s land rights in pastoral areas of Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, formal laws assert that women have equal rights regarding land use and access. However, the pastoral areas are often highly influenced by religious and customary systems under which women tend to have weaker land rights. The report “Women’s land rights: customary rules and formal laws in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia – complementary […]
Irish Aid support to pastoralism in Tanzania 2007–16
This “Review of Irish Aid support to pastoralism in Tanzania” (2016, 86pp) in the period 2007–16 was based on reports and evaluations of the Pastoralist Basket Fund Programme (PBFP) and the subsequent Pastoralist Programme. Achievements included increased pastoralist CSO capacity, greater general awareness on pastoralism as a way of life, better service delivery for pastoralists […]