Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Background: Climate change has been increasingly recognized as a global crisis with effects on gender roles. Recently, communities surrounding Lake Mburo national park, Uganda have been experiencing frequent severe droughts. It was against this background that this study was designed to understand e...
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| author | Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga Michael Ocaido Howard Onyuth Lawrence Mugisha Judith Irene Nagasha |
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| description | Background: Climate change has been increasingly recognized as a global crisis with effects on gender roles. Recently, communities surrounding Lake Mburo national park, Uganda have been experiencing frequent severe droughts. It was against this background that this study was designed to understand effect of climate change on gender roles. Methods: This cross sectional study reviewed the effect of climate change on men and women’s gender roles using a pragmatic research paradigm based on a thematic review model using participatory methods and a structured questionnaire. Results: The study found that men and women’s gender roles were altered during extreme dryness. Men played their roles sequentially focusing on one single productive role, while women played their roles simultaneously, balancing the demands of each role with their limited available time. Effect of climate change variability affected productive roles more in Kiruhura district than Isingiro district. There was migration of both men and women in search for water and pasture livestock in Kiruhura district which distorted gender roles of women. Consequently, women and children had a heavier load and were the most people affected by climate change effects. Conclusion: Gender roles of communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda were affected and altered by the effects of climate change variability. Therefore, institutions offering climate services to local communities should consider gender in decision making, access to resources, information and knowledge. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f827aeedfd04e4f9095df6da41a5d9e2022-12-22T03:38:14ZengEmerald PublishingEmerald Open Research2631-39522019-02-01114019Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga0Michael Ocaido1Howard Onyuth2Lawrence Mugisha3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-3356Judith Irene Nagasha4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9788-6714School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, 256, UgandaDepartment of Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, 256, UgandaDepartment of Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, 256, UgandaDepartment of Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, 256, UgandaDepartment of Wildlife and Aquatic Animal Resources, Makerere University, Kampala, 256, UgandaBackground: Climate change has been increasingly recognized as a global crisis with effects on gender roles. Recently, communities surrounding Lake Mburo national park, Uganda have been experiencing frequent severe droughts. It was against this background that this study was designed to understand effect of climate change on gender roles. Methods: This cross sectional study reviewed the effect of climate change on men and women’s gender roles using a pragmatic research paradigm based on a thematic review model using participatory methods and a structured questionnaire. Results: The study found that men and women’s gender roles were altered during extreme dryness. Men played their roles sequentially focusing on one single productive role, while women played their roles simultaneously, balancing the demands of each role with their limited available time. Effect of climate change variability affected productive roles more in Kiruhura district than Isingiro district. There was migration of both men and women in search for water and pasture livestock in Kiruhura district which distorted gender roles of women. Consequently, women and children had a heavier load and were the most people affected by climate change effects. Conclusion: Gender roles of communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda were affected and altered by the effects of climate change variability. Therefore, institutions offering climate services to local communities should consider gender in decision making, access to resources, information and knowledge.https://emeraldopenresearch.com/articles/1-7/v1Climate change Climate variability gender roles communitieseng |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Kaase-Bwanga Michael Ocaido Howard Onyuth Lawrence Mugisha Judith Irene Nagasha Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] Emerald Open Research Climate change Climate variability gender roles communities eng |
| title | Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full | Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_fullStr | Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_short | Effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda [version 1; peer review: 2 approved, 2 approved with reservations] |
| title_sort | effect of climate variability on gender roles among communities surrounding lake mburo national park uganda version 1 peer review 2 approved 2 approved with reservations |
| topic | Climate change Climate variability gender roles communities eng |
| url | https://emeraldopenresearch.com/articles/1-7/v1 |
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