| Description |
1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Integrating Gender in Agricultural Development: Learnings From South Pacific Contexts; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; About the Contributors; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Integrating Gender in Agricultural Development Initiatives across the South Pacific: Customs, Values and Intersec ... ; Introduction; Gender Statistics in the South Pacific; Rural Development and Subsistence Agriculture in the South Pacific; Integrating Gender Equality Objectives within Agricultural Development Initiatives; In Consideration of Custom and Intersectionality |
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The Book StructureReferences; Part I; Chapter 2 Facing the Future: Backgrounds to Agricultural Change in the South Pacific; Introduction; Environments and Hazards; Tyrannies of Distance; Cultural Diversity; Colonialism and Late Independence; Economic Development; Agriculture -- From Plantations to Niches?; Forests and Fish; Mines; Tourism; Trade; Population and Migration; Aid; The Spectre and Reality of Climate Change; Resilience, Innovation and the Future; References; Chapter 3 The International 'Gender Agenda' in the Context of the South Pacific and Agricultural Livelihoods; Introduction |
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Early Foundations and Conceptual Shifts on Gender Equality and Women's EmpowermentCurrent Status of Gender Equality: Progress, Indicators and Challenges; Progress and Tensions in Translating Universalised Gender Discourse and Frameworks in the South Pacific; Women's Empowerment: Agency and Resources in Agricultural Livelihoods; Women's Access to Income; Women's Access to Land; Conclusion; References; Part II; Chapter 4 Bula Coffee: Women's Access to Economic Opportunities, the Effects on Women's Agency and Their Influence on Socia ... ; Introduction; Methodology; Field Work Process; Findings |
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Women's Access -- Trends in Coffee SupplyWomen's Agency -- Decision-making at the Household Level and Women's Perception; Women's Influence on Social Norms through Collective Action; Discussion and Implications; References; Chapter 5 An Exploratory Approach to Understanding Women's Contributions to the Aquaculture Sector in Samoa: The Influence ... ; Introduction; Institutionalising Gender in the Government of Samoa; Traditional Systems, Customary Norms and Gender in Samoa; Methodology; Gender Conceptual Framework; The Process of Data Collection; Methods; Key Informant Interviews |
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Time Use SurveysFocus Group Discussions; Key Findings; Women as Carers; Women as Producers; Women as Weavers; Women as Sisters; How Fisheries Staff Perceive Women's Role in Aquaculture; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6 Upward Reflections of Top-down Gendered Institutions -- A Community Development Case Study from Tonga; Introduction; Gender Equality in Tonga and Project Design Elements; The Contribution of Gender-sensitive Stakeholder Analysis; Phase 1: Community Development, Project Design and Planning; Phase 2: Intensive Horticulture -- Orchard Maintenance |
| Summary |
This book is grounded in the ideology that an alignment between the conceptual and practical understandings of gender equality is a critical component of sustainable development. It draws on six rural case studies to examine the various ways in which gender has been integrated in agricultural research for development projects |
| Notes |
Gendered Organisations and Local Empowerment |
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Description based on online resource, title from digital title page (viewed on September 30, 2020) |
| Subject |
Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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Agriculture -- Social aspects.
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Women's rights.
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Women's Rights
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Agricultural science.
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Technology & Engineering -- Agriculture -- General.
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Agriculture -- Social aspects
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Sustainable development -- Social aspects
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Women's rights
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carnegie, Michelle, editor
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| ISBN |
9781789730555 |
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1789730554 |
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1789730570 |
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9781789730579 |
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