Gender

Gender Dimensions Framework Application

This is a presentation of the The Gender Dimensions Framework (GDF). The GDF was developed to provide guidance to USAID staff and partner organizations for working […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): D. Rubin
  • Type of Document: Media

Gender and Participatory Mapping: Local Knowledge and Empowerment in Development Research

Participatory mapping as a research technique is a means for women to express their spaces and resources. This poster explores mapping as both a process and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): M.E. Christie; C. Luebbering; K. Agriesti; M. Byrne; K. Montgomery; E. Van Houweling; L. Zseleczky; M. Harman
  • Type of Document: Media

Political ecology, gendered landscapes, and sense of place: Local soil knowledge and access to agricultural resources in smallholder farming communities in Cochabamba District, Bolivia

This poster presentation draws from the literature on political ecology, sense of place, ethnopedology, and gendered knowledge. It poses questions for upcoming field research on indigenous […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): K. Agriesti; M.E. Christie
  • Type of Document: Media

Space and place through soil: Participatory mapping, ethnopedology, and the importance of local & gendered knowledge

This poster introduces preliminary research regarding participatory mapping in an effort to provide a methodological design for future research which combines scientific knowledge with local and […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): J. Martin; M.E. Christie
  • Type of Document: Media

Women as Mapmakers: Gender and Empowerment in Participatory Mapping

Participatory mapping, one of the most widely used participatory research techniques, has been cited as a viable means for women to express their spaces and resources. […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): M.E. Christie; C. Luebbering
  • Type of Document: Media

Predisposition for Conservation Agriculture in North West Ghana

This electronic presentation provides an Overview of the research project of the same name (Predisposition for Conservation Agriculture in North West Ghana): The adoption of Conservation […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): K.M. Moore; J. Lamb; I. Yahaya
  • Type of Document: Media

Access to information and farmer’s market choice: The case of potato in highland Bolivia

This paper analyzes the determinants of value chain participation in Bolivian potato markets with a special focus on the role of information technology and gender in […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): N. Amaya; J. Alwang
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Women Rule: Potato Markets, Cellular Phones and Access to Information in the Bolivian Highlands

In highland Bolivia, potato markets are widespread, and access to market information has entered the digital age. Information networks lubricated by ubiquitous cellular technologies are supplanting […]

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): N. Amaya; J. Alwang
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Exploring Gender Relations and Pest Management in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana

A poster presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the South Eastern Division of the Association of American Geographers.

  • Date of Publication: 2011
  • Author(s): L. Zseleczky; M. E. Christie; J. Haleegoah; A. Dankyi
  • Type of Document: Media