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URL:https://www.iwmi.org/events/international-womens-day-2017/
SUMMARY:International Women's Day 2017
DESCRIPTION:[su_row]\n[su_column size="1/3"]\n\n[caption id="attachment_212
 71" align="aligncenter" width="220"] Stephanie Leder Youth for change[/cap
 tion]\n\n[/su_column]\n[su_column size="1/3"]\n\n[caption id="" align="ali
 gncenter" width="220"] Sanjiv De Silva   Appreciating the contextual barr
 iers to women’s empowerment[/caption]\n\n[/su_column]\n[su_column size="
 1/3"]\n\n[caption id="attachment_21271" align="aligncenter" width="220"] S
 onali Seneratne Sellamuttu Gendered decision-making and livelihood adoptio
 n in resettled communities[/caption]\n\n[/su_column]\n[/su_row]\n\n&nbsp\;
 \n\n[su_row]\n[su_column size="1/3"]\n\n[caption id="attachment_21271" ali
 gn="aligncenter" width="220"] Floriane Clement A mother’s guide to being
  a scientist[/caption]\n\n[/su_column]\n[su_column size="1/3"]\n\n[caption
  id="" align="aligncenter" width="220"] Farah Ahmed   Finding success as 
 a woman in science[/caption]\n\n[/su_column]\n[su_column size="1/3"]\n\n[c
 aption id="attachment_21271" align="aligncenter" width="220"] Stephanie Ha
 wkins Women as water managers[/caption]\n\n[/su_column]\n[/su_row]\n\n&nbs
 p\;\n\n[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="220"] Panchali Saikia   
 1. Gender-responsive interventions needs cautious approach  2. Youthful i
 mbalance: the burden of labour[/caption]\n\n\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n[su_spoiler t
 itle="Stephanie Leder" anchor="story1" style="fancy"]\n\n[su_slider source
 ="media: 27936\,27935" limit="5" link="image" target="blank" width="900" h
 eight="400" centered="no" mousewheel="no" autoplay="9000" speed="900"]\nYo
 uth for change\nChildren and youth more are much more knowledgeable\, crea
 tive and gender-transformative than we expect\, when we give them the spac
 e to engage in agriculture\, research and society. Therefore\, our task is
  to enable their active participation in decision-making structures and as
 k them to reflect on gender norms and roles in society critically. This ca
 n start by depicting women and men’s roles and depiction in agriculture 
 and water management in textbooks and curricula at school and university l
 evel equally – this has immense outreach. In participatory gender traini
 ngs with flat communication hierarchies\, youth can discuss implementation
  approaches in their communities and present their ideas to local decision
 -making authorities and researchers. These need to build structures for yo
 uth ideas for change.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n[su_spoiler title="Sanjiv De Silva
 " anchor="story2" style="fancy"]\nAppreciating the contextual barriers to 
 women’s empowerment\n[caption id="" align="alignright" width="433"] The 
 predominantly reproductive domain in which women in rural Cambodia still i
 nhabit. Photo: Sanjiv De Silva[/caption]\n\nWhile women play important rol
 es in the reproductive and productive spheres of rural life in Cambodia\, 
 decision making around production remains a male domain\, restricting oppo
 rtunities for women to become agents of development. Men and women agree t
 hat women’s educational attainment is a key determinant of women’s inf
 luence over decisions around production. Both genders also prioritize educ
 ation for boys and girls as a means out of poverty. While education can th
 erefore be a potent entry point to promote agency among women\, the follow
 ing inter-community and intra-community differences in access to education
  make clear the importance of planning interventions based on a sound unde
 rstanding of contextual disparities.\n\nIn the farming village of Santai i
 n Sien Reap Province\, primary and secondary schools are accessible throug
 h low-cost transport. School attendance is high among both genders. In the
  fishing commune (cluster of villages) of Phat Sanday (Kampong Thom provin
 ce)\, however\, only primary schools are located in each of the five villa
 ges. Transport by boat to the secondary school near the commune’s admini
 strative hub is expensive for poorer families concentrated in the villages
  furthest from the school. Transport by land is not an option. Most girls 
 (and boys) in these villages thus only complete primary school\, and the g
 irls are at risk of repeating their mothers’ life histories. Secondary s
 chool remains the privilege of the more affluent\, often residing closer t
 o the administrative hub. Here livelihood opportunities such as shops sell
 ing clothes\, household goods and fisheries equipment are far greater give
 n proximity to the mainland\; greater purchasing power of local residents 
 and access to information\, communications and the highly influential comm
 une council – the seat of commune administration and conduit for flows o
 f financial aid and training. A boat donated by the government for subsidi
 zed transport to children from the farther villages was appropriated by a 
 council member\, and a request to the council to build a hostel next to th
 e secondary school to avoid daily transport costs was not listed as a deve
 lopment priority. Women’s agency therefore lies embedded within a broade
 r architecture of poverty including spatial location\, financial capabilit
 y\, access to markets and services\, and the ability to hold local power s
 tructures accountable.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Sonali Sener
 atne Sellamuttu" anchor="story3" style="fancy"]\nGendered decision-making 
 and livelihood adoption in resettled communities\nThe Mekong region is exp
 eriencing massive investment with respect to hydropower development and a 
 persistent challenge is to ensure that hydropower-related resettled commun
 ities are provided with improved livelihood opportunities. Despite the imp
 lementation of multifaceted livelihood packages based on consultations wit
 h affected communities\, adoption by households often remains a problem. O
 ur research in Lao PDR showed that part of the issue may lie in these stra
 tegies being designed without taking into account for a multiplicity of fa
 ctors that contribute to overall wellbeing of men and women\, as well as o
 f different ethnic groups. For example\, hydropower companies tend to focu
 s on the material aspects of wellbeing when designing livelihoods.\n\n[cap
 tion id="attachment_27990" align="alignleft" width="600"] A woman in a hyd
 ropower-related resettlement site weaving in her new home. Photo: IWMI[/ca
 ption]\n\nBut relational and subjective aspects of wellbeing often intertw
 ine with material aspects\, and understanding the subjective differences i
 n attitudes\, feelings and aspirations of men and women that impinge on de
 cision and its costs and benefits is crucial. For example\, women’s cont
 rol over decisions on riverbank gardening decreased due to newly enforced 
 land use patterns\, with resultant material costs for both women and men. 
 The control of women over decisions on weaving on the other hand increased
  with material benefits for both women and men\, and relational and subjec
 tive benefits for women. Such analyses provide a better understanding of w
 hy some household members accept and others reject livelihood options offe
 red by hydropower companies\, and what changes need to be made. [/su_spoil
 er]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Floriane Clement" anchor="story4" style="fancy"]
 \nA mother’s guide to being a scientist\nBeing a woman scientist does no
 t mean you have to sacrifice your family life or your career if you have c
 hildren.\n\nBeing out in the field with my child greatly helped to engage 
 conversations with women from the village. My identity as a mother makes i
 t easier to connect with all the other women I meet.\n\n[caption id="attac
 hment_27992" align="alignright" width="600"] IWMI researcher enjoying play
  time with her daughter after a long day of interviews in a Nepali village
 . Photo: Floriane Clement[/caption]\n\nI am not just ‘a foreigner'\, I a
 m also 'a mother' - like them.\n\nMy research in this village was about wo
 men’s empowerment. Conducting research on women’s empowerment is not j
 ust about generating new knowledge. It is also about our own attitudes\, b
 ehavior and actions as researchers. I hope that a researcher travelling to
  villages with her baby is inspiring for others - whoever they are\, men\,
  women\, scientists or farmers.\n\nHowever\, I recognize that it is also a
  privilege – not every woman scientist can afford a caretaker on site or
  the travel costs of the person who will come along with you to take care 
 of your child.\n\nIn this regard\, research organizations also have a role
  to play in promoting “women in science” - we need more affirmative po
 licies to support women to be scientists and mothers in the field.[/su_spo
 iler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Panchali Saikia" anchor="story5" style="fancy"
 ]\nGender-responsive interventions needs cautious approach\n‘Women’s n
 ame were included in the list as the project demanded a gender-responsive 
 intervention’ shared by a field officer in West Bengal\, India. These wo
 men had limited or no role in the project activities\, while it was the ad
 ult male household member who were actively involved. The women members th
 erefore failed to implement the agricultural trainings provided under the 
 project\, due to lack of access to decision making in the household\, time
  and financial constraints or difficulty to remember and acquire the right
  information. Many such development interventions have failed to address t
 hese key issues-gendered division of labour and decision making in the hou
 sehold\, tenant-landowner power relations\, level of participation of wome
 n in the communities and the project.\n\n[caption id="attachment_28031" al
 ign="alignright" width="600"] A woman farmer in Madhubani\, Bihar in India
 . The woman manages the agricultural and household activities all by herse
 lf as her husband has migrated to the city for work\, but she does not hav
 e access to decision lmaking in the household\, land rights etc. She has t
 o consult with her husband over phone for decisions on agricultural and ma
 jor household expenses. This has become a major hindrance for her to activ
 ely participate in any project intervention or programmes. Photo: Panchali
  Saikia/IWMI[/caption]\n\nDevelopment interventions to empower women in ag
 riculture through trainings also needs to be complimented with other inter
 ventions such as agro-machineries to ease labour shortage and workload\, c
 ollective farming to share inputs and outputs\, community management of wa
 ter infrastructures\, and assessing pre and post-trainings impacts etc. Al
 so crucial is inclusion of broader social equity dimension such as how the
  land and water management constraints varies between men and women across
  different farmer categories (landless and tenant farmers\, marginal\, lar
 ge farmers)\, age\, position in household\, class\, level of education etc
 .\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Stephanie Hawkins" anchor="story7
 " style="fancy"]\nWomen as water managers\nAs an intern in the South Afric
 a office of IWMI\, I am working on issues of social inclusiveness and gend
 er responsiveness in transboundary groundwater governance. Since transboun
 dary arrangements can influence gendered livelihoods and wellbeing on the 
 local level\, a gendered approach to reading law and policy on all levels 
 is important. The failure to address gender in transboundary groundwater g
 overnance can jeopardize water security and livelihood options for small c
 ommunities in the border regions\, enhancing risks to social cohesions\, l
 ivelihoods and wellbeing. However\, such an approach requires bold persist
 ence\, as despite its importance\, gender considerations are often sidelin
 ed\, and are almost invisible in transboundary arrangements.\n\n[caption i
 d="attachment_28007" align="alignleft" width="600"] Woman with a cabbage p
 lucked from her farm in a village in South Africa. Photo: IWMI[/caption]\n
 \nWomen are already important water managers\, and it is therefore importa
 nt to inspire and engage more women and girls to become leaders in decisio
 n-making that affects water equity.\n\nTo accelerate the achievement of ge
 nder equality in water and land management\, IWMI must continue emphasizin
 g the importance of inclusive and representative decision making at all le
 vels\, from local to transboundary\, in striving for a gender-equal world.
 \n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Farah Ahmed" anchor="story8" style
 ="fancy"]\nFinding success as a woman in science\n[caption id="attachment_
 28020" align="alignright" width="600"] (L to R) Badra (SLWP) Farah (IWMI) 
 and Panchali (IWMI) discussing and identifying research questions and poli
 cy topics around migration issues in India related to water and agricultur
 e.Photo: Shaoyu Liuto/IWMI[/caption]\n\nIt is important to inspire and en
 gage more women and girls in science\, because they understand the root ca
 uses of social issues. It comes very naturally to women to engage more on 
 the field and dive deeper into the issues around gender and social inequal
 ities.IWMI’s women researchers have proven this by touching upon many su
 ch research topics\, policy dialogues that address the concerns around how
  women face challenges in their day-to-day lives\, lack of access to water
 \, lack of support in agriculture practices and all of these leading to im
 pacts on the feminization of agriculture\, migration and social inequality
 .  Together\, we aim at bridging this gap between science\, technology an
 d development. Research needs to be driven by an approach that brings abou
 t change and creates impact in the lives of rural-urban communities.\n\n[/
 su_spoiler]\n\n[su_spoiler title="Panchali Saikia" anchor="story6" style="
 fancy"]\nYouthful imbalance: the burden of labour\nAcross the Eastern Gang
 etic Plains\, boys and girls under the ages of 18\, and as young as 5 to 7
  years is found to be actively engaged in agriculture. The burden faced by
  the rural households due to poverty\, increasing male-out migration\, lac
 k of access to adult labours and technologies etc. are driving factors.\n\
 n[caption id="attachment_28032" align="alignright" width="600"] A girl age
 d 13 years\, in Sunsari\, Nepal is seen hoeing the field for potato cultiv
 ation. Her father is a migrant worker. She says she often takes break from
  school to help her mother during agricultural season as it gets difficult
  to find labourers. Photo: Panchali Saikia/IWMI[/caption]\n\nThese have ma
 jor implications on the child’s education\, health and well-being. Young
  girls often face the issue of work burden similar to the adult women\, do
 ing household chores combined with agriculture work\, leaving them with le
 ss time for school. Gender roles\, age\, and traditional cultural norms de
 fines the type of work done by girl and boy child and on who gets the educ
 ation. These role and involvement of children as agricultural labourers (p
 aid or unpaid) is often ignored and under-analysed in gender equity studie
 s. Addressing the adult labour shortage through mechanization\, collective
  farming with sharing of labours\, input cost etc. will not just enhance a
 gricultural productivity and livelihood\, but further reduce the dependenc
 y on children as agricultural labour.\n\n[/su_spoiler]\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n\n\n&
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