Transforming Gender and Food Security in the Global South
Drawing on studies from Africa, Asia and South America, this book provides empirical evidence and conceptual explorations of the gendered dimensions of food security. It investigates how food security and gender inequity are conceptualized within interventions, assesses the impacts and outcomes of gender-responsive programs on food security and gender equity, and addresses diverse approaches to gender research and practice that range from descriptive and analytical to strategic and transformative. The chapters draw on diverse theoretical perspectives, including transformative learning, feminist theory, deliberative democracy and technology adoption. As a result, they add important conceptual and empirical material to a growing literature on the challenges of gender equity in food production.
A unique feature of this book is the integration of both analytic and transformative approaches to understanding gender and food security. The analytic material shows how food security interventions enable women and men to meet the long-term nutritional needs of their households, and to enhance their economic position. The transformative chapters also document efforts to build durable and equitable relationships between men and women, addressing underlying social, cultural and economic causes of gender inequality. Taken together, these combined approaches enable women and men to reflect on gendered divisions of labour and resources related to food, and to reshape these divisions in ways which benefit families and communities.
Jemimah Njuki is a senior program officer in the Agriculture and Food Security program at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), based in Nairobi, Kenya.
John R. Parkins is a professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada.
Amy Kaler is a professor in the Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Canada.
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Names: Njuki, Jemimah, editor. | Parkins, J. (John), 1967 editor. |
Kaler, Amy, editor.
Title: Transforming gender and food security in the Global
South/edited by Jemimah Njuki, John R. Parkins and Amy Kaler.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2016. |
Series: Routledge studies in food, society and the environment |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016006625 | ISBN 9781138680418 (hbk) |
ISBN 9781315564111 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: Women in economic developmentDeveloping
countries. | Food securityDeveloping countries. | Women in
agricultureDeveloping countries. | WomenDeveloping
countriesSocial conditions. | FeminismDeveloping countries.
Classification: LCC HQ1240.5.D44 T73 2016 |
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Dr Paula Kantor, 19692015
To Paula, for her dedication to improving rural livelihoods through gender transformative approaches with rigorous science and a deep sense of humanity, ethics, and friendship.
Paula died on 13 May 2015 in the aftermath of a terrorist attack on the hotel where she was staying in Kabul, Afghanistan. She committed her life and work to gender analysis in agricultural systems, enhancing the lives of rural women and men in the Global South. In 2012, Paula joined CGIAR to champion gender transformative approaches in agricultural research for development. Prior to this engagement, Paula worked at the International Center for Research on Women and as director of the gender and livelihoods portfolio in the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit.
