A field guide for project design and implementation - Women in community forestry
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
ROME, 1989
Reprinted, 1991
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What is community forestry and why include women?
Seeing women through secondary sources
Seeing women through community observation
Seeing women in local systems
Seeing women through other disciplines
Asking women the right questions
What do women already know about trees, their products and management?
What problems are women experiencing in relation to tree resources?
What constraints do women face in addressing tree and forestry problems?
How can we find out what women know?
How can women organize themselves?
Implementing a process to include women
Annex 1 - an example from India: a women's groups' suggestions for women's participation in projects
Annex 2 - planning issues, design features and information needs of forestry project activities