Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies
Achieving gender equality is the Third Millennium Development Goal, and the major challenge to poverty reduction is the inability of governments to address this at grass root levels. This study is therefore aimed at assessing gender inequality as it pertains to socio-economic factors in (agro-) past...
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| author | Sileshi Mengistu Adugna Eneyew |
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| description | Achieving gender equality is the Third Millennium Development Goal, and the major challenge to poverty reduction is the inability of governments to address this at grass root levels. This study is therefore aimed at assessing gender inequality as it pertains to socio-economic factors in (agro-) pastoral societies. It tries to explain how “invisible” forces perpetuate gender inequality, based on data collected from male and female household heads and community representatives. The findings indicate that in comparison with men, women lack access to control rights over livestock, land, and income, which are critical to securing a sustainable livelihood. However, this inequality remains invisible to women who appear to readily submit to local customs, and to the community at large due to a lack of public awareness and gender based interventions. In addition, violence against women is perpetuated through traditional beliefs and sustained by tourists to the area. As a result, (agro-) pastoral woman face double marginalization, for being pastoralist, and for being a woman. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81ec9d9427bc48bcbc396ab290128d472022-12-22T00:47:23ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982013-02-013110411610.3390/soc3010104Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral SocietiesSileshi MengistuAdugna EneyewAchieving gender equality is the Third Millennium Development Goal, and the major challenge to poverty reduction is the inability of governments to address this at grass root levels. This study is therefore aimed at assessing gender inequality as it pertains to socio-economic factors in (agro-) pastoral societies. It tries to explain how “invisible” forces perpetuate gender inequality, based on data collected from male and female household heads and community representatives. The findings indicate that in comparison with men, women lack access to control rights over livestock, land, and income, which are critical to securing a sustainable livelihood. However, this inequality remains invisible to women who appear to readily submit to local customs, and to the community at large due to a lack of public awareness and gender based interventions. In addition, violence against women is perpetuated through traditional beliefs and sustained by tourists to the area. As a result, (agro-) pastoral woman face double marginalization, for being pastoralist, and for being a woman.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/3/1/104(agro-) pastoral womengender inequalitydouble marginalizationwell-beingquantitative researchEthiopia |
| spellingShingle | Sileshi Mengistu Adugna Eneyew Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies Societies (agro-) pastoral women gender inequality double marginalization well-being quantitative research Ethiopia |
| title | Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies |
| title_full | Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies |
| title_fullStr | Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies |
| title_short | Double Marginalized Livelihoods: Invisible Gender Inequality in Pastoral Societies |
| title_sort | double marginalized livelihoods invisible gender inequality in pastoral societies |
| topic | (agro-) pastoral women gender inequality double marginalization well-being quantitative research Ethiopia |
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