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Constructing a Gender Policy for Joint Forest Management in India

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Policy makers and advocates of joint forest management (JFM) agree that women should be full participants and that their involvement is especially important because of the nature of women's work. This article examines how JFM policy has addressed gender in India. It argues that policy has been informed by instrumentalist positions in the debate over women's relationship to the environment. Consequently, gender planning in JFM has focused on two issues: formal representation for women in local institutions, and identifying women's ‘special’ values, knowledge and uses of forest resources. The scant evidence suggests that the impact of JFM on women has generally been negative. Finally, the article suggests that gender policy in JFM needs to be based on a more sophisticated understanding of gender relations and a wider examination of the gendered context of JFM processes.

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  • Catherine Locke, 1999. "Constructing a Gender Policy for Joint Forest Management in India," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 30(2), pages 265-285, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:devchg:v:30:y:1999:i:2:p:265-285
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00117
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    1. C.S. Shylajan & G. Mythili, 2007. "Community dependence on non-timber forest products: A Household analysis and its implication for forest conservation," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2007-005, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
    2. Nuggehalli, Roshni K. & Prokopy, Linda Stalker, 2009. "Motivating factors and facilitating conditions explaining women's participation in co-management of Sri Lankan forests," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 11(4), pages 288-293, July.
    3. Sumi Krishna, 2001. "Introduction: Towards a 'Genderscape' of Community Rights in Natural Resource Management," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 8(2), pages 151-174, September.

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