At the close of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), as the buzz grows about how our hands seem to be tied concerning injecting agriculture into the climate negotiations, we ask ourselves – could gender insights be the key to informing our landscapes approach delivery?
In a GLF discussion forum on linking gendered knowledge with gender-responsive action in the landscape, it became clear that making the case for the potential of a landscapes approach to build climate change resilience depends in large part on showing the resilience of the women who are part of those landscapes.
Countless studies have shown that women bear the brunt of the burden in agriculture, with more than 50% of global food production resting on their shoulders. Clearly, women are resilient, bouncing back under the burden to bring food to the world and to their families. Yet what we hear time and time again is a story of Woman—a nameless, faceless victim of unequal socioeconomic conditions who is trying to make ends meet.
Read the full story by Charles Plummer on the Gender in Agriculture Partnership blog.
Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)
