Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria
Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment and aspiration levels of women whose households are primarily engaged in farming. We analyze geo-coded data on violent...
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| author | Amare, Mulubrhan Carrillo, Lucia Kosec, Katrina Kyle, Jordan |
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| description | Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment and aspiration levels of women whose households are primarily engaged in farming. We analyze geo-coded data on violent clashes between ethnic groups that primarily herd livestock for their livelihood and those that primarily farm crops; these clashes are growing more frequent across West Africa with climate-induced land degradation, as herding populations are moving further south in search of grazing land. Our outcomes of interest include women’s economic and social aspirations, and women’s economic, social, and political behaviors that could impact their long-run empowerment. We find that exposure to higher conflict intensity is closely linked to adverse outcomes, including income loss, assault, and forced migration. Higher conflict intensity is also associated with lower women’s economic and social aspirations, though social aspirations are more affected by proximate conflicts, while economic aspirations are more affected by more distant conflicts. Women’s economic, social, and political activities also vary with conflict-affectedness. With more conflict nearby, women are more likely to own their own off-farm businesses and less likely to own an off-farm business in which they share ownership with their husband. With more exposure to distant conflicts, women devote less time to off-farm labor and more time to agricultural labor. Near conflict, women are less likely to be members of mutual aid groups and to contact government officials and more likely to engage local security groups for protection and to be members of political parties. These differences could have long-run implications for women’s empowerment. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1634532024-12-28T09:42:42Z Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria Amare, Mulubrhan Carrillo, Lucia Kosec, Katrina Kyle, Jordan conflicts household surveys women's empowerment farmers ethnic groups herds climate change impacts land degradation Using original survey data from three states in rural, southwestern Nigeria, this study examines the relationship between conflict intensity at various distances and the empowerment and aspiration levels of women whose households are primarily engaged in farming. We analyze geo-coded data on violent clashes between ethnic groups that primarily herd livestock for their livelihood and those that primarily farm crops; these clashes are growing more frequent across West Africa with climate-induced land degradation, as herding populations are moving further south in search of grazing land. Our outcomes of interest include women’s economic and social aspirations, and women’s economic, social, and political behaviors that could impact their long-run empowerment. We find that exposure to higher conflict intensity is closely linked to adverse outcomes, including income loss, assault, and forced migration. Higher conflict intensity is also associated with lower women’s economic and social aspirations, though social aspirations are more affected by proximate conflicts, while economic aspirations are more affected by more distant conflicts. Women’s economic, social, and political activities also vary with conflict-affectedness. With more conflict nearby, women are more likely to own their own off-farm businesses and less likely to own an off-farm business in which they share ownership with their husband. With more exposure to distant conflicts, women devote less time to off-farm labor and more time to agricultural labor. Near conflict, women are less likely to be members of mutual aid groups and to contact government officials and more likely to engage local security groups for protection and to be members of political parties. These differences could have long-run implications for women’s empowerment. 2024-12-12 2024-12-13T14:53:25Z 2024-12-13T14:53:25Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163453 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136962 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137256 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137527 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131158 Open Access Amare, Mulubrhan; Carrillo, Lucia; Kosec, Katrina; and Kyle, Jordan. 2024. Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria. HiCN Working Paper Series 421. Berlin, Germany: Households in Conflict Network. |
| spellingShingle | conflicts household surveys women's empowerment farmers ethnic groups herds climate change impacts land degradation Amare, Mulubrhan Carrillo, Lucia Kosec, Katrina Kyle, Jordan Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title | Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title_full | Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title_short | Conflict, aspirations, and women’s empowerment: Household survey evidence from farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria |
| title_sort | conflict aspirations and women s empowerment household survey evidence from farmer herder conflicts in nigeria |
| topic | conflicts household surveys women's empowerment farmers ethnic groups herds climate change impacts land degradation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163453 |
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