Empowering landless women through collectives in the agrifood systems: A review

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationWestern University Ontarioen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationPartnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Areaen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR GENDER Platformen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierDina Najjar: 0000-0001-9156-7691en_US
cg.issn2709-7757en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohammed, Kamaldeenen_US
dc.contributor.authorNajjar, Dinaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-11T18:14:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-12-11T18:14:20Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/135222en_US
dc.titleEmpowering landless women through collectives in the agrifood systems: A reviewen_US
dcterms.abstractCollectives are viewed as agents for women's economic empowerment in the Agrifood System through collective action. Globally, women constitute about 36% of employed people in AFS and almost half of the workforce in the food processing and services sector. As such, empowering women in the agrifood systems is a vital prerequisite for fostering a fair and peaceful world as well as enhancing women’s income and wellbeing. This review explores how collectives can empower vulnerable and often landless women in the agri-food sector. The review highlights the types of collectives, the level of formality and how that affects women’s participation in collectives. Broadly, the role of collectives in women empowerment can be described as being economical, social or political empowerment. However, for a full and effective empowerment of women, there must be an enabling ecosystem of formal laws, rules and regulations and informal social norms, religious beliefs and customs favouring collectivization. There also need to be favourable socio-economic and cultural factors that allow for women's ability and willingness to collectivize. Women collectives can potentially improve women’s income-earning opportunities, access to financial resources, and other social outcomes. However, collectives still face challenges such as inadequate access to productive resources, insufficient participation of women in decision-making, structural and cultural gender constraints, and the overburden of collectives with women empowerment.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2023-11-01en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKamaldeen Mohammed, Dina Najjar. (1/11/2023). Empowering landless women through collectives in the agrifood systems: A review. Beirut, Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en_US
dcterms.formatPDFen_US
dcterms.issued2023-11-01en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-SA-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
dcterms.subjectwomenen_US
dcterms.subjectempowermenten_US
dcterms.subjectcollective actionen_US
dcterms.subjectcollectivesen_US
dcterms.subjectagri-fooden_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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