October: Pastoralist women

 

  • Documents from Supporting Pastoralism and Agriculture in Recurrent and Protracted Crises (SPARC)
      • African Pastoralist Women’s Gathering (APWG), Kampala, Uganda, 16–19 March 2026 at Speke Resort Munyonyo; Enriched by contributions from the Manifesto of Universities of Women in Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Settings West and Central Africa, Tsévié, Togo, 11–14 January 2026; and Validated by African Pastoralist Women and Leaders from North, West, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa (28 April 2026).

      • Rassemblement des femmes pastorales africaines (APWG), Kampala, Ouganda, du 16 au 19 mars 2026 au Speke Resort Munyonyo ; Enrichie par les contributions du Manifeste des universités de femmes en milieu pastoral et agro-pastoral d'Afrique de l'Ouest, du Sahel et d'Afrique centrale, d’Afrique centrale, Tsévié, Togo, 11-14 janvier 2026 ; La charte a été validée par des femmes et des leaders pastorales africaines du Nord, de l'Ouest, du Centre, de l'Est et du Sud de l'Afrique le 28 avril 2026.
    • (Audio) SPARC podcast episode: "Invisible, yet indispensable": Fulani pastoralist women in their own words
      • SPARC's episode 5 of Dynamic Drylands podcast interviews the Fulani pastoralist women involved in a new training programme to become community researchersnivi. The episode is available on AcastSpotify , YouTube and Amazon Music.  The transcript is available here.
    • Vincent, K. (2022) Gender in agricultural and pastoral livelihoods in SPARC countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East: a review. Technical report. London, UK: SPARC Knowledge (https://doi.org/10.61755/KDWI7749).
      • This report reviews 170 studies on gender in agricultural and pastoral livelihoods across SPARC focus countries, identifying thematic trends, geographic variation and research gapsto inform future SPARC contributions.
    • (Video) SPARC documentary: Charting new futures in Africa’s drylands (English and French)
      • One of the three main stories shown in this 20-minute documentary is about Dinka pastoralist women, who have turned increasingly frequent and severe flooding in Bor, South Sudan into a new business opportunity: selling fish. As the interviewees in the documentary explain, women in particular are benefiting from this change and make up the majority of sellers at markets.