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| Title: | Impacts of climate change and variability on pastoralist women in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Editors: | Mulinge, Munyae M. Melese Getu |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Pages: | 348 |
| Language: | English |
| City of publisher: | Kampala |
| Publisher: | Fountain Publishers |
| ISBN: | 9970252364; 9789970252367 |
| Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Uganda Zimbabwe |
| Subjects: | pastoralists gender women climate change |
| Abstract: | The interior of semiarid margins of the Sahara and central Southern Africa are experiencing the effects of global warming. Men and women in this region seem to be affected differently by this climate change. This book goes into the gender dimensions of climate change and variability among pastoral societies in Eastern and Southern Africa. Contributions: Climate change impacts and local coping strategies among pastoral women: cases from the Southern lowlands of Ethiopia - Aklilu Amsalu & Desalegn Wana; Challenged livelihoods as a result of water scarcity among Maasai women pastoralists in Kajiado County, Kenya - Beth Njiru; Gendered impacts and adaptation mechanisms to climate change among Afar pastoralists in North Eastern Ethiopia - Mulubrhan Balehegn & Kelemework Tafere; Effects of climate change and variability on pastoralist women's accessibility to social services: case of Fentalle Woreda, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia - Getnet Feyissa; Women pastoralists and climate change impacts in Kilosa District, Tanzania - Venosa A. Mushi; Gender and climate change adaptation among agro-pastoral communities: case study of Chivi District in Southern Zimbabwe - Admire Mare; Effects of climate change and variability on pastoral communities: coping and adaptive strategies for women and men in Uganda - Consolata Kabonesa & Fredrick Immanuel Kindi; The impacts of climate change and variability on pastoralist women in Somali Region of Eastern Ethiopia - Bamlaku Tadesse; Traditional adaptation mechanisms to climate change and variability among women pastoralists in South-West Zimbabwe - Matsa Mark & Matsa Winniefrida [ASC Leiden abstract] |
