Representation increases women's influence in climate deliberations: Evidence from community-managed forests in Malawi

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of California
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Malawi
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationOhio State University
cg.contributor.donorBalzan Foundation
cg.contributor.donorVanderbilt University
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Fund
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorFood Frontiers and Security
cg.contributor.programAcceleratorGender Equality and Inclusion
cg.coverage.countryMalawi
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKatrina Kosec: 0000-0002-5126-5215
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.dataurlhttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/LOOT8D
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12994
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankA Plus
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.issn0092-5853
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Political Science
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusion
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
dc.contributor.authorClayton, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorDulani, Boniface
dc.contributor.authorKosec, Katrina
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Amanda Lea
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-04T19:07:10Z
dc.date.available2025-06-04T19:07:10Z
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/174973
dc.titleRepresentation increases women's influence in climate deliberations: Evidence from community-managed forests in Malawien
dcterms.abstractWomen's inclusion is now the norm in global and local initiatives to combat climate change. We examine how women's representation affects climate deliberations using the case of community-managed forests in Malawi. We run a lab-in-the-field experiment randomly varying the gender composition of six-member groups asked to deliberate on policies to combat local overharvesting. We find that any given woman has relatively more influence in group deliberations when women make up a larger share of the group, a change driven by men's assessments of women's influence. Women's presence also shifts the content of deliberations toward prospective solutions for which women have socially recognized expertise (cooking and replanting). Despite these changes, women and men do not prefer different deforestation policies, and women's presence does not meaningfully affect group decisions. Our work demonstrates how women's presence shapes climate deliberations but also calls into question claims that women's inclusion will necessarily affect climate decisions.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademics
dcterms.available2025-06-03
dcterms.bibliographicCitationClayton, Amanda; Dulani, Boniface; Kosec, Katrina; and Robinson, Amanda Lea. Representation increases women's influence in climate deliberations: Evidence from community-managed forests in Malawi. American Journal of Political Science. Article in press. First published online June 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12994
dcterms.issued2025
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherWiley
dcterms.subjectwomen
dcterms.subjectclimate
dcterms.subjectforest governance
dcterms.subjectgender
dcterms.subjectdeforestation
dcterms.subjectcapacity development
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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