Pastoralism, Gender & Youth (page 11)
Borana women’s perception of role change in livestock care
In the Borana pastoral system, all family members are engaged in livestock management but, in recent times, external changes at various levels have affected the labour requirements and division of labour. In the study “Caring for livestock: Borana women’s perceptions of their changing role in livestock management in southern Ethiopia” (2015), Marie-Luise Hertkorn et al […]
Empowering women is key to resilient pastoralism
At the 44th meeting of the Committee on World Food Security, the Pastoralist Knowledge Hub organised a side event on “Women’s empowerment for better resilience in pastoralist communities” on 12 October 2017. The all-women panel discussed strategies for ensuring pastoralist women’s access to natural resources, economic opportunities and education as a way to ensure their […]
Why pastoralists keep camels in Karamoja, Uganda
The article “Socio-economic determinants of pastoralists’ choice of camel production in Karamoja sub-region, Uganda” (2017) by Jenipher Biira Salamula et al (published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice 7:26) tries to explain why pastoralists in Karamoja choose to rear camels in their search for improved food and income security. A total of 116 respondents were interviewed in […]
Colonial & post-colonial changes in role of Borana women
The colonial experiences of pastoralist women have been largely ignored in the literature on Africa. The paper “Colonial and post-colonial changes and impact on pastoral women’s roles and status” by Fatuma Guyo, published in Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice (2017 7:13), looks at pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial periods to locate the impact of colonisation on pastoral […]
Pastoralist women’s land rights in Tanzania
At the XVI Biennial IASC (International Association for the Study of the Commons) Conference (https://www.iasc2017.org/) in July 2017 in Utrecht, Netherlands “Practicing the commons: self-governance, cooperation and institutional change”, Naseku Kisambu presented a paper from the International Land Coalition (ILC) Rangelands Initiative on “Pastoral women’s land rights and village land use planning in Tanzania” (2017, […]