Gender, Youth and Inclusivity blog posts

In order to achieve gender equity in the water development sector, we need to understand the role of men and the impacts of masculinity in society.

The Indus Basin is a system that supports a great number of people within and beyond its borders, but it is a system under considerable biophysical, social, economic and political stress. Planning for the future of this ever-changing, over-stretched system requires an open dialogue between scientists and policy makers.

Small scale irrigation projects yield agricultural gains—but create unanticipated problems for women farmers in Tanzania.

What tools and knowledge can be shared with young farmers in drylands to manage and reduce risks from a changing climate while protecting and improving their livelihoods in these rural areas?

GILIT offers an integrated, participatory approach for measuring gender equity in irrigation schemes, facilitate learning, and help identify ways to improve equity. 

What if the prevailing narrative that youth migration is responsible for the deterioration of rural agricultural livelihoods needs to be rethought?  

Ahead of the 11th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA11), Daphne Nansambu looks at an aging agricultural population in Uganda and considers why so many youth are migrating away from farming, as well as what can be done to keep them in the sector.

Gender dynamics are deeply rooted in value systems, history and social practices. A new participatory training helps communities unpack the root of these dynamics in order to improve understanding and encourage dialogue.

Smallholder farmers are both men and women; in many regions, women farmers increasingly make up the majority. Despite the many institutional, social, and economic barriers faced by rural women, they have the potential to change agriculture to be more climate adaptive.