Gender Dynamics and Climate Change in Rural Bolivia

Ashwill, Maximillian; Blomqvist, Morten; Salinas, Silvia; Ugaz-Simonsen, Kira

Gender Dynamics and Climate Change in Rural Bolivia

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World Bank, Washington, DC

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The purpose of this report is to inform practitioners on gender dynamics in Bolivia as they relate to natural resource management and climate change. This is done to provide new knowledge for mainstreaming gender into rural development projects. The aim is to go beyond general gender assumptions and provide more detailed empirical knowledge on differentiated gender roles and the relative access of women and men to resources. The report will demonstrate that women and men in rural Bolivia have many different roles and opportunities, which are not equally distributed. The paper will also show that these roles are changing as a result of both general development trends and climate change. Further, evidence demonstrates that women and men experience vulnerability and adapt to climate change differently. As a result, rural development and adaptation strategies should integrate the relative capacities of women and men and respond to their particular needs. This will help avoid counterproductive out comes that widen gender gaps and allow for more sustainable, pro-poor rural development. This report will begin by introducing the methodology and case study regions. It will then examine in detail the specific roles of women and men in rural Bolivia. Next it will look at the gendered access to and control over resources and how gender roles, access and control are changing as a result of climate change. The report will finish with some general conclusions and specific recommendations for development practitioners in rural Bolivia.

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ABSENCE OF WOMEN, ACCESS OF WOMEN, ACCESS TO EXTERNAL RESOURCES, ACCESS TO FOOD, ACCESS TO JOBS, ACCESS TO RESOURCES, ADULT POPULATION, ADULT WOMEN, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, BASIC NUTRITION, BIODIVERSITY, BIRTH ORDER, BOTH SEXES, BREADWINNER, CAPACITY BUILDING, CASH CROPS, CHILD CARE, CHILD HEALTH, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONTROL OVER RESOURCES, CUSTOM, CYCLE OF POVERTY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, DIET, DISCRIMINATION, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC STATUS, ECONOMICS, ECOSYSTEM, ELDERLY, ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUIPMENT, ETHNIC GROUPS, EXISTING RESOURCES, FAMILIES, FAMILY HEALTH, FAMILY INCOME, FAMILY MEMBERS, FARMS, FEED, FEMALE, FEMALE HEADS, FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, FEMININITY, FEMINISM, FOOD SECURITY, GENDER, GENDER ACTION, GENDER ANALYSIS, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER GAP, GENDER GAPS, GENDER INEQUALITIES, GENDER INEQUALITY, GENDER ISSUES, GENDER NEUTRAL, GENDER RELATIONS, GENDER ROLES, GENDER SPECIALIST, GENDER STUDIES, GENDER-NEUTRAL LAWS, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, HEALTH CARE, HEALTHY LIFE, HOME, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSES, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPACITY, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, ILLNESSES, IMMIGRANTS, INCOMES, INDIGENOUS GROUPS, INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, INDIVIDUAL WOMEN, INFORMAL SECTOR, INSURANCE, INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MIGRANTS, LABORERS, LABOUR MARKET, LEGAL STATUS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVELS OF EDUCATION, LINKAGE BETWEEN GENDER, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LOCAL COMMUNITY, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALE DOMINANCE, MALE PARTICIPATION, MARITAL STATUS, MASCULINITY, MIGRANT, MIGRANT GROUPS, MIGRANT WOMAN, MIGRANT WOMEN, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL LEVELS, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NGOS, NUTRITION, OLDER WOMEN, PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN, PHYSICAL WORK, POLICY DIALOGUE, POLICY FORMULATION, PRACTITIONERS, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, RAINFOREST, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RESPONSIBILITY OF WOMEN, RISK OF ILLNESS, ROLE OF WOMEN, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL GIRLS, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL SOCIOLOGY, RURAL WOMEN, SEA LEVEL, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SINGLE MOTHERS, SINGLE WOMEN, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DIMENSION, SOCIAL GROUP, SOCIAL NORMS, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, SUBSISTENCE FARMING, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL EDUCATION, TECHNICAL TRAINING, TRADITIONAL GENDER ROLES, TRADITIONAL PRACTICE, TRANSPORTATION, UNDP, UNEQUAL POWER, UNEQUAL POWER RELATIONS, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, VULNERABILITY, WAGE GAP, WATER COLLECTION, WATER MANAGEMENT, WATER SUPPLIES, WDR, WIDOW, WIDOWS, WILL, WIVES, WOMAN, WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, WOMEN LEADERS, WOMEN WITH CHILDREN, WOMEN'S ISSUES, WORK BURDENS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN