The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWorldFishen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Viennaen_US
cg.contributor.crpLivestock and Fishen_US
cg.contributor.donorGlobal Affairs Canadaen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.coverage.subregionAmharaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDirk Hoekstra: 0000-0002-6111-6627en_US
cg.creator.identifierMaria Wurzinger: 0000-0001-9391-014Xen_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-016-0846-xen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1654-7209en_US
cg.issueS3en_US
cg.journalAmbioen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL FEEDINGen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROP-LIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriCROPSen_US
cg.subject.ilriGENDERen_US
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.ilriRESILIENCEen_US
cg.subject.ilriWOMENen_US
cg.volume45en_US
dc.contributor.authorAregu, Lemlemen_US
dc.contributor.authorDarnhofer, Ikaen_US
dc.contributor.authorTegegne, Azageen_US
dc.contributor.authorHoekstra, Dirken_US
dc.contributor.authorWurzinger, Mariaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-04T13:48:06Zen_US
dc.date.available2016-12-04T13:48:06Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/78124en_US
dc.titleThe impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractWe studied how the failure to take into account gendered roles in the management of a communal pasture can affect the resilience of this social-ecological system. Data were collected using qualitative methods, including focus group discussions, in-depth interviews, and participant observations from one community in the highlands of Ethiopia. The results show that women are excluded from the informal institution that defines the access and use rules which guide the management of the communal pasture. Consequently, women’s knowledge, preferences, and needs are not taken into account. This negatively affects the resilience of the communal pasture in two ways. Firstly, the exclusion of women’s knowledge leads to future adaptation options being overlooked. Secondly, as a result of the failure to address women’s needs, they start to question the legitimacy of the informal institution. The case study thus shows how excluding women, i.e., side-lining their knowledge and needs, weakens social learning and the adaptiveness of the management rules. Being blind to gender-related issues may thus undermine the resilience of a social-ecological system.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceScientistsen_US
dcterms.available2016-11-22en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationAregu, L., Darnhofer, I., Tegegne, Z., Hoekstra, D. and Wurzinger, M. 2016. The impact of gender-blindness on social-ecological resilience: The case of a communal pasture in the highlands of Ethiopia. Ambio 45(Supplement 3):287–296.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 287-296en_US
dcterms.issued2016-12en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectlivestocken_US
dcterms.subjectanimal feedingen_US
dcterms.subjectpasturesen_US
dcterms.subjectresilienceen_US
dcterms.subjectgenderen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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