Gender and inclusivity blog posts

Inclusive Weather Index Insurance may not only benefit farmers, but could also significantly contribute towards reaching national (and global) development policy objectives.

New research argues that two critical shifts influenced how and why gender became more visible in natural resource management and governance: the evolution of community collectives and the concept of plurality of institutional arrangements.

Scientists warn that restoration action is at risk of failure if it doesn't address social and political considerations.

A new special issue of the journal Ecological Restoration stresses that social inclusion must be at the heart of the ecological restoration agenda, and not just on the periphery.

A pioneering pilot training program in India and Nepal is challenging tradition and helping communities to rethink gender relations in agriculture. Could its approach help to address gender inequalities more broadly?

A study conducted in the Eastern Gangetic Plains, where a significant portion of them were women, showed that landless and marginal farmers gained from collectives individually - and as a whole.

In Nepal, the legal quota for women’s participation in official community water management groups marks an important step towards gender equality. For meaningful change however, there also needs to be structural transformation. 

Covid has severely affected low income women farmers in Nepal more than other vulnerable groups. Here is why supporting them should be a top priority. 

The coronavirus crises underscores the need for integrated research efforts combining human health, animal health, and ecosystems health, all while promoting inclusivity & innovation.

The new framework assists insurers and implementers to reach disadvantaged groups, who are often overlooked in weather-based insurance schemes, to help those farmers recover and rebuild.

Four women in science shares their perspectives about how gender  influenced their professional lives, and examine the progress and challenges for women in science.

The inherent social dimension must be considered during the design and implementation of ecosystem restoration schemes, particularly in terms of the interaction between formal and informal institutions, to get better and more equitable outcomes from those schemes.