Full Description
The aim of this book is to highlight the role that gender research can play in understanding natural resource management and rural development issues in the Middle East and North Africa region and how hands-on training and mentoring can be used as a capacity enhancement approach. It presents findings of four research teams, working in three countries, Algeria, Lebanon and Morocco.
The approach was to build the capacity of national teams through hands-on field research, mentoring and technical support, which is different from traditional training. The chapters present the results of the case studies used as learning platforms for the teams and reflections on this approach. The case studies demonstrate the capacity and skills that the teams have acquired. These teams were multi-disciplinary and included social scientists as well as specialists in water management, livestock production and rangelands and agronomy. The book provides grounded empirical examples for MENA academics, practitioners and development students concerned about ensuring gender-balanced rural development.
Contents
1. The Emergence of Capacity Development Initiative on Social and Gender Analysis in MENA 2. Marginalisation of Women's Work as a Result of Changes in Pastoral Societies and Natural Resources 3. The Potential Loss of Traditional Know-How of Qashabiya Production in Djelfa, Algeria 4. Gender and Marketing of qashabiya in Djelfa (Algeria) 5. Occupational Health Effects of Women Weavers and Prospects of Empowerment: Evidence from a Home-Based Activity in the Informal Sector in Djelfa, Algeria 6. Access of Rural Women Cooperatives to Markets in Lebanon: Barriers, Enablers and Options for Action 7. Factors of Market Access Success for Traditional Food Industry in Lebanon: Some Themes Pertinent to Rural Women Cooperatives 8. Gender Inequality in the Context of Climate Change: The Case of the Boudinar Commune in Morocco 9. The Effects of Changes in Climate and Water Resources on Gender Inequality in Boudinar Community in Morocco: The Case Study Approach 10. SAS for Gender Research and Social Capital Enhancement 11. Exclusion of Women from Local Development Initiative Doomed to Failure: The Case of the Middle Atlas Community of Maâmar in Morocco 12. The Ripple Effect of the SAGA Research Process: The Case of Boudinar Community in Morocco 13. Capacity Building Effects of Social and Gender Analysis Project: Approach and Lessons Learnt 14. Conclusion
