Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses
Much of my research has been on the need for collective action in managing natural resources, and the value of groups to facilitate collective agency for women’s empowerment. Extensive research has shown that coordination among resource users is necessary to distribute rights and responsibilities fo...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Opinion Piece |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Springer
2020
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142535 |
| _version_ | 1855543026650185728 |
|---|---|
| author | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
| author_browse | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
| author_facet | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
| author_sort | Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | Much of my research has been on the need for collective action in managing natural resources, and the value of groups to facilitate collective agency for women’s empowerment. Extensive research has shown that coordination among resource users is necessary to distribute rights and responsibilities for both appropriation and provision of common pool resources, such as for water withdrawals and maintenance of irrigation systems (Anderies and Janssen 2013). And we are learning about the mechanisms through which women’s groups contribute to empowerment, whether through collective enterprises (such as through self-help groups in India), access to finance, acquiring social services, or improving women’s bargaining power in their households (Brody et al. 2017). What happens, then, when people cannot come together in person because of lockdowns to prevent transmission of COVID-19? What happens to the irrigation systems in Nepal and India that need collective labor to repair them? What happens to the women who rely on weekly savings group meetings to build their financial and social capital? |
| format | Opinion Piece |
| id | CGSpace142535 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2020 |
| publishDateRange | 2020 |
| publishDateSort | 2020 |
| publisher | Springer |
| publisherStr | Springer |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1425352025-05-06T14:50:51Z Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. gender women's empowerment collective action covid-19 technology empowerment irrigation physical distancing information and communication technologies women Much of my research has been on the need for collective action in managing natural resources, and the value of groups to facilitate collective agency for women’s empowerment. Extensive research has shown that coordination among resource users is necessary to distribute rights and responsibilities for both appropriation and provision of common pool resources, such as for water withdrawals and maintenance of irrigation systems (Anderies and Janssen 2013). And we are learning about the mechanisms through which women’s groups contribute to empowerment, whether through collective enterprises (such as through self-help groups in India), access to finance, acquiring social services, or improving women’s bargaining power in their households (Brody et al. 2017). What happens, then, when people cannot come together in person because of lockdowns to prevent transmission of COVID-19? What happens to the irrigation systems in Nepal and India that need collective labor to repair them? What happens to the women who rely on weekly savings group meetings to build their financial and social capital? 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z 2024-05-22T12:10:38Z Opinion Piece https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142535 en Open Access Springer Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela. 2020. Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses. Agriculture and Human Values 37: 649–650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-020-10100-1 |
| spellingShingle | gender women's empowerment collective action covid-19 technology empowerment irrigation physical distancing information and communication technologies women Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title | Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title_full | Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title_fullStr | Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title_short | Collective action and “social distancing” in COVID-19 responses |
| title_sort | collective action and social distancing in covid 19 responses |
| topic | gender women's empowerment collective action covid-19 technology empowerment irrigation physical distancing information and communication technologies women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142535 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT meinzendickruths collectiveactionandsocialdistancingincovid19responses |