Pastoralism, Gender & Youth (page 18)
Pastoral women as peacemakers
Research commissioned by the Community-Based Animal Health and Participatory Epidemiology (CAPE) Unit of the African Union’s Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU/IBAR) in 2003 looked into the traditional roles of pastoral women in peace and conflict, seeking to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different methods for working with pastoral women […]
Empowering pastoralist women in Somaliland, Sudan & Uganda
The regional NGO Pastoral & Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA) undertook a regional Women’s Economic Empowerment programme funded by DANIDA, involving selected pastoralist communities in Somaliland, Sudan and Uganda. The paper Economic Empowerment for Pastoralist Women, presented at the Future of Pastoralism Conference in Addis Ababa in 2011, draws lessons from this […]
Gender and pastoral economic growth in Ethiopia
A background note by Cathy Watson on Gender issues and pastoral economic growth and development in Ethiopia was commissioned by the Department for International Development (DfID) at the request of the Government of Ethiopia. The paper gives a brief overview of some key gender issues in pastoral development based on a livelihood analysis of pastoral […]
Making Rangelands Secure: update on learning initiative
Following completion of the learning route organised by ILC (International Land Coalition), IFAD, PROCASUR, RECONCILE and WISP in February 2012 through Kenya and Tanzania, the organising committee selected four innovation plans for partial funding (US$4000): Maria Mashingo, Dept of Livestock & Fisheries Development, Tanzania: “Enhancing integrated resource management and conservation in pastoralists ranches in Tanzania”, […]
Milk matters for child nutrition in Somali Region, Ethiopia
Children in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa are among the most nutritionally vulnerable people in the world. In response to more frequent droughts, the international community tends to prioritise food aid and therapeutic feeding, with little understanding of the potential role of livestock milk in maintaining child nutritional status. The report “Milk […]