Priorities for Research on Gender Equality, Climate Change, and Agriculture in the MENA Region: A Policy Brief

cg.contactD.Najjar@cgiar.orgen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerWestern University Ontario - UWOen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Gender Platformen_US
cg.contributor.crpResilient Agrifood Systems - RAFSen_US
cg.contributor.funderNot Applicableen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeFragility to Resilience in Central and West Asia and North Africaen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.geolocationLatitude: -61.420593723393296; Longitude: 82.67729124450686en_US
cg.creator.idNajjar, Dina: 0000-0001-9156-7691en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocagricultureen_US
cg.subject.agrovocclimate changeen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgenderen_US
cg.subject.agrovocresilienceen_US
cg.subject.agrovocwomenen_US
cg.subject.agrovocfragilityen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaGender equality, youth and social inclusionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 10 - Reduced inequalitiesen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
dc.contributorNajjar, Dinaen_US
dc.creatorBaruah, Bipashaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-17T17:05:37Z
dc.date.available2023-04-17T17:05:37Z
dc.description.abstractThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is extremely vulnerable to climate change and is also the most gender unequal region in the world. According to the Global Gender Gap report, the gender gap is highest in the MENA region (60.9 percent progress toward parity), and “at the current relative pace, it would take an estimated 142.4 years to close” (World Economic Forum, 2021: 26). Agriculture in the MENA region is becoming increasingly feminized, with women representing more than 50 percent of agricultural workers in some countries (Abdelali-Martini and de Pryck 2015; Najjar et al. 2018). Reducing gender inequality has been identified as an important response area requiring strengthening to enable the MENA region to adapt and build resilience toward climate change. Since women are participating out of choice and necessity in such large numbers in the agricultural workforce of the MENA region, they must be enabled and empowered to serve as active agents in climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationBipasha Baruah, Dina Najjar. (1/3/2023). Priorities for Research on Gender Equality, Climate Change, and Agriculture in the MENA Region: A Policy Brief. Lebanon: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA).en_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/68298
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)en_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-SA-4.0en_US
dc.subjectworken_US
dc.titlePriorities for Research on Gender Equality, Climate Change, and Agriculture in the MENA Region: A Policy Briefen_US
dc.typeBriefen_US
dcterms.available2023-03-01en_US
dcterms.issued2023-03-01en_US

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