Gender and Systems

Research:

Gender and Systems

Research:

Leveraging Change

Significance?

Significance?Valued-added of

systems research?

Significance?

Significance…

gender

gender &

social equity

gender &

social equity

systems research

Cynefin Framework: David Snowden

Cynefin Framework: David Snowden

Cynefin Framework: David Snowden

gender &

social equity ?

knowledge base

accuracy

transformation

focus

Accuracy,relevance

Accuracy,relevance

Knowledge base

Accuracy,relevance

Knowledge base

Targeting

Accuracy,relevance

Knowledge base

Targeting

Research Quality &

Utility

Full potential?

Accuracy,relevance

Knowledge base

Targeting

Research Quality &

Utility

“Single loop” influence…

Accuracy,relevance

Knowledge base

Targeting

Doing better within the system

Single loop:Doing better

within the system

Double loop:Improving the

system

Double loop engagement…

Gender and social equity...Pivotal role of Gender and social equity…

…aleverage point to shift the system?

Gender &global food security

Gender & global food security

Leverage point?

“…places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city,

an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything…”.

D.Meadows

X Changes in stocks and flows (resources)

Transforming the ‘Rules of the game…’

In systems research this means engaging with....

What’s the connection?

Farmer innovation...

…on-farm agricultural research

Community forestry research…

Pre-Adaptive

collaborative governanceLow benefits

Intra-group conflict

Inequitable distribution

Low involvement of women &

poor

Community forest

governance

Traditionalsocio-cultural

hierarchies

Norms, attitudes, practices: Pre-Adaptive collaborative governance

“We were also enthusiastic to participate in the general assembly of the CFUG in the past, but when we participated we were blamed repeatedly as forest destroyers, and this made us feel ashamed. It forced

us to leave the venue before reaching any decision. Such assemblies were

nothing but the venue to get scolded.”(Daure woman, Handikharka CFUG)

Community forest

governance

Community groups shaping

their own norms, attitudes, practices

Norms, attitudes, practices: With adaptive collaborative governance

“In the past our voice was not considered ,

but nowadays our sayings also are counted

and we are asked as well” (Female member of Patle CFUG )

"We never realized the say of women and poor in past,

but adaptive collaborative management opened my eyes that every user knows

something …”(Male committee member, Patle CFUG)

Increased benefits

Reduced conflict

More equitable

benefit sharing

Women & poor

members more actively

engaged

Findings: With adaptive collaborative governance

Findings: With ACG

Increased distributional equity

Source: McDougall et al., 2013b

Findings: With ACG

Increases in livelihood benefits overall

Source: McDougall et al., 2013b

Big ideas...

Resilience

Big ideas...

Transformation

gender & social equity norms, behaviours, practices

Big ideas

Value added of systems research?Space & opportunity to identify leverage points

Big ideas...

Value added of systems research?

Shared opportunity to engage with these

Shared opportunity Gender & social equity

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