Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems

Women and girls (WGs) have important roles in making agrifood systems more climate-resilient. However, systematic inequalities in access to resources, technologies, information, services, and networks reduce their capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change – with implications for the wellbeing...

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Autores principales: Hidrobo, Melissa, Mueller, Valerie, Bryan, Elizabeth, Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah, Läderach, Peter, Roy, Shalini
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Publicado: CGIAR 2024
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158201
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author Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Bryan, Elizabeth
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah
Läderach, Peter
Roy, Shalini
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Hidrobo, Melissa
Läderach, Peter
Mueller, Valerie
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah
Roy, Shalini
author_facet Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Bryan, Elizabeth
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah
Läderach, Peter
Roy, Shalini
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description Women and girls (WGs) have important roles in making agrifood systems more climate-resilient. However, systematic inequalities in access to resources, technologies, information, services, and networks reduce their capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change – with implications for the wellbeing of WGs and their households and the sustainability of agrifood systems. With growing recognition that social protection helps promote WGs’ resilience in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at large scale, stakeholders are interested in developing social protection programs that are responsive to both climate change and gender inequality. However, little is known about effective approaches. We reflect on emerging evidence on how social assistance –the most prevalent type of social protection programming in many LMICs – affects WGs’ coping, adaptive, and mitigative responses to climate hazards. Drawing on this evidence, we propose recommendations on program design features that may more effectively promote WGs’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems. We additionally highlight important directions for future research to guide practice.
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spelling CGSpace1582012025-12-08T10:11:39Z Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems Hidrobo, Melissa Mueller, Valerie Bryan, Elizabeth Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah Läderach, Peter Roy, Shalini social protection climate resilience gender equality agrifood systems developing countries women Women and girls (WGs) have important roles in making agrifood systems more climate-resilient. However, systematic inequalities in access to resources, technologies, information, services, and networks reduce their capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change – with implications for the wellbeing of WGs and their households and the sustainability of agrifood systems. With growing recognition that social protection helps promote WGs’ resilience in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) at large scale, stakeholders are interested in developing social protection programs that are responsive to both climate change and gender inequality. However, little is known about effective approaches. We reflect on emerging evidence on how social assistance –the most prevalent type of social protection programming in many LMICs – affects WGs’ coping, adaptive, and mitigative responses to climate hazards. Drawing on this evidence, we propose recommendations on program design features that may more effectively promote WGs’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems. We additionally highlight important directions for future research to guide practice. 2024-10-28 2024-10-28T18:12:05Z 2024-10-28T18:12:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158201 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Hidrobo, Melissa; Mueller, Valerie; Bryan, Elizabeth; Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah; Läderach, Peter; and Roy, Shalini. 2024. Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems. CGIAR Initiative on Gender Equality Working Paper. CGIAR. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158201
spellingShingle social protection
climate resilience
gender equality
agrifood systems
developing countries
women
Hidrobo, Melissa
Mueller, Valerie
Bryan, Elizabeth
Nesbitt-Ahmed, Zahrah
Läderach, Peter
Roy, Shalini
Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title_full Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title_fullStr Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title_short Leveraging social protection to strengthen women’s and girls’ roles in climate-resilient agrifood systems
title_sort leveraging social protection to strengthen women s and girls roles in climate resilient agrifood systems
topic social protection
climate resilience
gender equality
agrifood systems
developing countries
women
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158201
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