Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective
Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philipp...
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| author | Elias, Marlène Mudege, Netsayi N. López, Diana E. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. Yila, Jummai Othniel Tegbaru, Amare Ibrahim, Gaya Badstue, Lone B. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Bentaibi, Abderahim |
| author_browse | Badstue, Lone B. Bentaibi, Abderahim Elias, Marlène Ibrahim, Gaya Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. López, Diana E. Mudege, Netsayi N. Najjar, Dina Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Tegbaru, Amare Yila, Jummai Othniel |
| author_facet | Elias, Marlène Mudege, Netsayi N. López, Diana E. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. Yila, Jummai Othniel Tegbaru, Amare Ibrahim, Gaya Badstue, Lone B. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Bentaibi, Abderahim |
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| description | Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus groups
with the youth to show that across the study’s regional contexts, young rural women and men predominantly aspire for formal blue and white-collar jobs. Yet, they experience an aspiration achievement gap, as the promise of their education for securing the formal employment they seek is unfulfilled, and they continue to farm in their family’s production. Whereas some young
men aspired to engage in knowledge-intensive or ‘modern’ agriculture, young women did not express any such interest. Framing our analysis within a relational approach, we contend that various gender norms that discriminate against women in agriculture dissuade young women from aspiring for agriculture-related occupation. We discuss the gendered opportunity spaces of
the study sites, the meanings these hold for allowing young women and men to achieve their aspirations and catalyze agricultural innovation, and implications for agricultural policies and research for development. Our findings show that youth and gender issues are inextricably intertwined and cannot be understood in isolation one from the other. |
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| spelling | CGSpace990652025-11-12T06:10:41Z Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective Elias, Marlène Mudege, Netsayi N. López, Diana E. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. Yila, Jummai Othniel Tegbaru, Amare Ibrahim, Gaya Badstue, Lone B. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Bentaibi, Abderahim gender gender equality occupational change Based on 25 case studies from the global comparative study ‘GENNOVATE: Enabling gender equality in agricultural and environmental innovation’, this paper explores rural young women’s and men’s occupational aspirations and trajectories in India, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria, and the Philippines. We draw upon qualitative data from 50 sex-segregated focus groups with the youth to show that across the study’s regional contexts, young rural women and men predominantly aspire for formal blue and white-collar jobs. Yet, they experience an aspiration achievement gap, as the promise of their education for securing the formal employment they seek is unfulfilled, and they continue to farm in their family’s production. Whereas some young men aspired to engage in knowledge-intensive or ‘modern’ agriculture, young women did not express any such interest. Framing our analysis within a relational approach, we contend that various gender norms that discriminate against women in agriculture dissuade young women from aspiring for agriculture-related occupation. We discuss the gendered opportunity spaces of the study sites, the meanings these hold for allowing young women and men to achieve their aspirations and catalyze agricultural innovation, and implications for agricultural policies and research for development. Our findings show that youth and gender issues are inextricably intertwined and cannot be understood in isolation one from the other. 2018 2019-01-15T10:46:29Z 2019-01-15T10:46:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99065 en Open Access application/pdf Elias, M.; Mudege, N.; Lopez, D.E.; Najjar, D.; Kandiwa, V.; Luis, J.; Yila, J.; Tegbaru, A.; Ibrahim, G.; Badstue, L.; Njuguna-Mungai, E.; Bentaibi, A. (2018). Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security 3(1) p. 82-107 ISSN: 2413-922X |
| spellingShingle | gender gender equality occupational change Elias, Marlène Mudege, Netsayi N. López, Diana E. Najjar, Dina Kandiwa, Vongai Luis, Joyce S. Yila, Jummai Othniel Tegbaru, Amare Ibrahim, Gaya Badstue, Lone B. Njuguna-Mungai, Esther Bentaibi, Abderahim Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title | Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title_full | Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title_fullStr | Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title_short | Gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth, in agriculture and beyond: A cross-regional perspective |
| title_sort | gendered aspirations and occupations among rural youth in agriculture and beyond a cross regional perspective |
| topic | gender gender equality occupational change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/99065 |
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