Gender Dynamics and Climate Change in Rural Bolivia
The purpose of this report is to inform practitioners on gender dynamics in Bolivia as they relate to natural resource management and climate change. This is done to provide new knowledge for mainstreaming gender into rural development projects. Th...
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/679991468006884906/Gender-dynamics-and-climate-change-in-rural-Bolivia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27161 |
Summary: | The purpose of this report is to inform
practitioners on gender dynamics in Bolivia as they relate
to natural resource management and climate change. This is
done to provide new knowledge for mainstreaming gender into
rural development projects. The aim is to go beyond general
gender assumptions and provide more detailed empirical
knowledge on differentiated gender roles and the relative
access of women and men to resources. The report will
demonstrate that women and men in rural Bolivia have many
different roles and opportunities, which are not equally
distributed. The paper will also show that these roles are
changing as a result of both general development trends and
climate change. Further, evidence demonstrates that women
and men experience vulnerability and adapt to climate change
differently. As a result, rural development and adaptation
strategies should integrate the relative capacities of women
and men and respond to their particular needs. This will
help avoid counterproductive out comes that widen gender
gaps and allow for more sustainable, pro-poor rural
development. This report will begin by introducing the
methodology and case study regions. It will then examine in
detail the specific roles of women and men in rural Bolivia.
Next it will look at the gendered access to and control over
resources and how gender roles, access and control are
changing as a result of climate change. The report will
finish with some general conclusions and specific
recommendations for development practitioners in rural Bolivia. |
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