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Betreff: [Wigsat-l] Call for Papers - International Research Workshop
onGender & Collective Action
CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON GENDER AND
COLLECTIVE
ACTION
CGIAR System-wide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights
CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON GENDER AND
COLLECTIVE
ACTION
October 17 to 21, 2005 in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Collective action plays a vital role in many aspects of human
interaction, including income generation, risk reduction, and public
service provision. Experience has shown that institutions of
collective
action play an important role in how people use natural resources,
which
in turn shapes the outcomes of production systems. Many government
devolution policies and community-driven development (CDD) programs
are
fundamentally premised upon collective action.
Collective action refers both to the process by which voluntary
institutions are created and maintained and to the groups that decide
to
act together. Collective action can assume various forms ranging from
voluntary self-help groups to formal organizations that aim to manage
a
community's natural resources or to advocate for political change at
the
national level.
Integrating a gender perspective into applied research on collective
action is imperative because institutions themselves are gendered and
either challenge or reinforce existing social roles. Gender also often
serves as an organizing principle for community action and may have
implications for the efficiency and effectiveness of collective
action.
This workshop seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners
from
various social science disciplines to investigate how gender-oriented
analysis and action can foster more effective collective action in the
context of agriculture and natural resource management.
Papers submitted should address at least one of the following themes:
* Motivations for engaging in collective action: Do women and men
mobilize over different issues? How do gender roles influence women's
and men's ability and willingness to engage in collective action? If
collective action is externally initiated, do gender stereotypes
privilege particular groups over others?
* Effectiveness of collective action: Do women and men assume
different roles in different types of collective action? How does the
gender composition of collective action groups affect their strength
and
effectiveness? What are the conditions under which mixed or
single-sexed groups perform more effectively?
* Impacts of collective action on gender relations: Are there
trade-offs between empowering women or men and the economic goals of
collective action? Without addressing the gendered dimensions of
collective action, do we risk contributing to the disempowerment of
women? How can collective action be used to stimulate gender-equitable
change processes?
The papers will draw on diverse disciplines of the social sciences,
present empirical evidence and best practice approaches to study the
relevance of gender for effective collective action.
Papers will be invited based on their prospects for identifying and
analyzing relevant links between gender and institutions of collective
action, introducing sound and innovative methods and applicability to
existing policy issues.
Papers do not have to be directly linked to agriculture and natural
resource management, but will be evaluated on the basis of their
relevance and of the applicability of their findings to improve
people's
livelihoods through agriculture and natural resource management,
particularly in developing countries.
Abstracts must be received no later than June 17, 2005 to be
considered.
Full papers have to be submitted by September 16, 2005. Please forward
abstracts and full papers to Stephan Dohrn at [log in to unmask]
Limited funding will be available for researchers from developing
country institutions.
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established to circulate information in relation to the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD), particularly on women / gender and
sustainable development issues. The CSD is the UN body mandated to
monitor the follow-up of the Rio Earth Summit (1992) and the
Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002).
To learn more about the CSD Women's Caucus work, check the web-site at
www.earthsummit2002.org/wcaucus/csdngo.htm
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