Pastoralism, Gender & Youth (page 13)
Camel milk, capital and gender in Kenya
At the 2011 Camel Conference held by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, to examine, document and celebrate camel cultures from around the world, the paper “Camel milk, capital and gender: the changing dynamics of pastoralist dairy markets in Kenya” was presented. Camel milk used to be a food produced […]
Changing gender roles in diversified agropastoralism in West Pokot, Kenya
Earlier studies in drylands have shown that, while gender roles are becoming more flexible, privatisation and formalisation of land tenure tends to marginalise women, while environmental degradation leads to gender-differentiated changes in workload. Chepareria, a ward in West Pokot County, has undergone such tenure and environmental changes and is now dominated by private rangeland enclosures. […]
Alternative livelihoods in northern Kenya: effects on health & nutrition
With increasing destitution and political instability, former pastoralists have settled in rural, urban and peri-urban settings to seek alternative livelihoods based on various strategies, including selling livestock and their products, cropping, wage labour, entrepreneurial activities and transportation. Women play a key role in petty trade. The paper Seeking alternative livelihoods in northern Kenya: costs and […]
Issa pastoralists in Ethiopia: changing livelihoods & conflict
A rapid analysis of Issa pastoralist livelihoods and conflict in the Somali region on Ethiopia was commissioned by Mercy Corps and carried out by the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University. The 96-page report Moving up or moving out? A rapid livelihoods and conflict analysis in Mieso-Mulu Woreda, Shinile Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia (2010) recommends policy […]
Measuring vulnerability of pastoral households in Kenya
Statistical and econometric tools were used to measure households’ vulnerability in pastoral rangelands in the Turkana area of Kenya. In-depth interviews in over 300 households considered 27 socio-economic and biophysical indicators of climate vulnerability and adaptive capacity. The results, published in the article “Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: implications […]