RESTORING THE BALANCE - Women and forest resources
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As forest and tree resources become scarcer, the balance between what people need and what they can obtain shifts. For rural families, the struggle to survive becomes even harder. The effect on women is particularly severe because women are more dependent than men on tree and forest products, and because they are taking on an ever increasing share of family work as men seek cash incomes further afield. Furthermore, in failing to recognize the importance of forestry resources to women, development experts often introduce technologies and activities that cut women off from a critical resource. If development plans are to succeed in reducing rural poverty, the balance between women and their forest resources must be restored. This publication describes the importance of forest products to women, the difficulties women now have in obtaining them, and what can be done to improve the situation.