Women’s leadership in community-led forest governance in India

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationFoundation for Ecological Securityen
cg.contributor.initiativeGender Equality
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierMiranda Morgan: 0009-0009-9379-5845
cg.creator.identifierMarlène Elias: 0000-0001-8835-5348
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.tropenbos.org/resources/publications/4.1+women%E2%80%99s+leadership+in+community-led+forest+governance+in+india+(tfi63)en
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatFORESTRYen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGENDER AND EQUITYen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen
dc.contributor.authorKachhap, Apurwaen
dc.contributor.authorRavani, Khanjanen
dc.contributor.authorRana, Meenuen
dc.contributor.authorMisra, Deepannitaen
dc.contributor.authorMadappa, P.S.en
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Mirandaen
dc.contributor.authorElias, Marleneen
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-18T07:15:15Z
dc.date.available2025-06-18T07:15:15Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/175150
dc.titleWomen’s leadership in community-led forest governance in Indiaen
dcterms.abstractForests are critical to sustaining the lives and environments of rural communities in India, home to the largest forest-dependent population in the world. Rural women tend to be particularly reliant on forests for fuelwood, food, fodder, medicine and more. For this reason, women are often the primary stewards of these common resources, relying on gender-specific knowledge of harvesting, processing, use and management. Yet women continue to face gender-based discrimination and marginalization in forest governance, and are less likely than men to take on meaningful leadership roles. This article explores how some women have managed to overcome these barriers to play active roles in forest governance and management, and what the outcomes of their leadership have been.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKachhap, A.; Ravani, K.; Rana, M.; Misra, D.; Madappa, P.; Morgan, M.; Elias, M. (2025) Women’s leadership in community-led forest governance in India. [News item] In: Rogelja, T. and Kroese, L. (Eds.). 2025 Women as stewards of forests. Tropical Forest Issues 63. Ede (Netherlands): Tropenbos Internationals. p. 117-123. ISSN: 2958-4426en
dcterms.extent117-123en
dcterms.issued2025-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.subjectforestryen
dcterms.subjectgender equalityen
dcterms.subjectresource managementen
dcterms.typeNews Item

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