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Gender mainstreaming in forestry in Africa: United Republic of Tanzania

Year of publication 2007

Author FAO

Product type Project

Language English

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    A “gender desk” is an effective tool for integrating gender into national fisheries ministries. It consists of officers from various units responsible for fisheries management, tasked with mainstreaming gender in all aspects of the fisheries sector. The desk coordinates gender-responsive approaches in fisheries governance, develops policies focusing on women in fisheries value chains, and supports gender-transformative processes. This report is a synthesis of the lessons and observations gathered by the EAF-Nansen Programme during the process of establishing a gender desk from scratch at the Ministry of Fisheries and Water Resources in the Gambia. A similar process was previously implemented in the United Republic of Tanzania (mainland), where support was sought from the EAF-Nansen Programme to build the capacity of the already established gender desk at the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries. Both scenarios allowed for learning and improvement and provided rich lessons for future gender desk establishments.Un «bureau du genre» est un outil efficace pour intégrer le genre dans les ministères nationaux de la pêche. Il est composé d'agents issus de différentes unités responsables de la gestion des pêches, chargés de promouvoir l'intégration du genre dans tous les aspects du secteur de la pêche. Le bureau coordonne les approches sensibles au genre dans la gouvernance de la pêche, développe des politiques axées sur les femmes dans les chaînes de valeur de la pêche et soutient les processus transformationnels liés au genre. Ce rapport est une synthèse des leçons et des observations recueillies par le Programme EAF-Nansen au cours du processus de création d'un bureau du genre au sein du Ministère de la pêche et des ressources en eau en Gambie. Un processus similaire a été mis en oeuvre précédemment en République-Unie de Tanzanie (continentale), où le Programme EAF-Nansen a été sollicité pour renforcer les capacités du bureau du genre déjà établi au sein du ministère de l'élevage et de la pêche. Les deux scénarios ont permis d'apprendre et de s'améliorer et ont fourni de riches enseignements pour les futures créations de bureaux chargés des questions de genre.
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    Well-performing community-based forestry has the potential to rapidly restore forests in ecological terms and scale up sustainable forest management to the national level, while improving local livelihoods of billions of the most marginalized people around the world. This document highlights the findings from a forest tenure and community-based forestry assessment done in Tanzania. The purpose of the policy brief is to promote dialogue on current challenges and opportunities for strengthening community-based forestry in country.
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