DEPLETED BY DEBT? FOCUSING A GENDERED LENS ON CLIMATE RESILIENCE, CREDIT, AND NUTRITION IN TRANSLOCAL CAMBODIA AND SOUTH INDIA

债务耗尽？

基本信息

批准号：
ES/T003197/1
负责人：
Katherine Ann Brickell
金额：
$ 104.58万
依托单位：
Royal Holloway University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT003197%2F1
关键词：
DEPLETED DEBT FOCUSING GENDERED LENS

项目摘要

Small-scale credit is exalted in mainstream development thinking as a key means of supporting women and their families in dealing with daily, ongoing, and often slow-onset climate disasters. Facing growing crises of agricultural productivity from droughts and floods, and taking primary responsibility for the nutritional wellbeing of their households, women are targeted as credit borrowers globally. Credit provisioning therefore speaks to the push for 'resilience' against climate disasters that is central to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13, 'Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts', and which has serious implications for SDG 5 'Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls' that prioritises the valuing and recognition of women's unpaid care and domestic work. How do we ensure, then, that 'climate resilience' does not come at the cost of women's emotional and bodily depletion through processes of household nutrition provisioning? This is the key concern motivating this two-year project which asks:(1) In what ways is credit, as a form of climate resilience, shaping nutritional provisioning?(2) How are the dynamics of nutrition provisioning and credit-taking in a changing climate being experienced and visualised?(3) What are the gender and social reproductive dynamics of the climate-credit-nutrition nexus?(4) What lessons can be learned to deliver improved and more equitable credit provisioning and nutritional outcomes to households and communities affected by slow-onset climate disasters?The project's methodology is anchored in environmental science, visual arts, and social science methods which are combined into a well-integrated research design to effectively probe these complex questions. Set within the political economy contexts of Cambodia and Tamil Nadu, India, fieldwork encompasses the collection of environmental profiles, socio-economic and nutritional indicators, measurements of energy expenditure, and oral and visual analysis; all through a lens that foregrounds gender dynamics. In each country, research will be carried out in 3 rural villages and 2 industrial worksites given that rural households are often maintained by labour migrants engaged in non-rural work. The 20-strong interdisciplinary team of investigators, consultants, and a seconded UN Women staff member, from Cambodia, India, the UK, and continental Europe, will work together with non-governmental and private sector project partners, and an advisory board of (non)academic experts, to deliver this ground-breaking research. The project will also foster the research excellence and development of 7 early career researchers, the majority of whom are women, and/or black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME). Mentorship includes two early-career residential writing retreats, one in Cambodia and one in India, to support the development of publication writing skills and confidence.The research will be published across 10 journal articles, an accessibly-written project report, and 6 policy briefs (in English, Khmer, and Tamil) which will bring together (non)-academics from 6 stakeholder workshops to amplify the integrated research findings and enhance policy impact. A unique and compelling exhibition of participant and artist photography will also be shown in Phnom Penh, Chennai, and London, to promote the research to a wider audience still. The exhibition will act as a space for the project report launch, galvanise media interest, and will be timed during the stakeholder workshops to maximise impact on political, developmental, and private sector decision-makers. Ultimately, given the status accorded to small-scale credit as a significant lever in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, our research is crucial to informing its thinking on, and operationalisation of, gender-equitable climate resilience.

主流发展思维是支持妇女及其家人应对日常，持续且通常是缓慢发炎的气候灾难的关键手段的小规模信用。面临着干旱和洪水的农业生产力危机的日益增长的危机，以及对家庭的营养健康承担的主要责任，妇女在全球范围内成为信贷借款人的目标。因此，信贷供应说明了对可持续发展目标至关重要的气候灾难（SDG）13的“韧性”的推动力，“采取紧急行动来打击气候变化及其影响”，这对SDG 5'实现了性别平等，实现了性别平等，并赋予所有妇女和女孩的权力，使所有对妇女的价值和不受欢迎的妇女的妇女''和认可。那么，我们如何确保“气候弹性”并不是通过家庭营养供应的过程来牺牲妇女的情感和身体耗尽的代价？这是激励这两年的项目的关键问题，该项目询问：（1）信贷是一种气候弹性，塑造营养供应的一种形式？（2）在不断变化的气候中，营养供应和信贷的动态如何经历和可视化是如何经验和可视化的？改善，更公平的信贷供应和营养成果，对受慢速气候灾害影响的家庭和社区的营养成果？该项目的方法锚定在环境科学，视觉艺术和社会科学方法中，这些方法与整合的研究设计结合在一起，以有效地调查这些复杂的问题。在印度柬埔寨和泰米尔纳德邦的政治经济学背景下，涉及环境概况的收集，社会经济和营养指标，能源消耗的测量以及口头和视觉分析；整个镜头都可以增强性别动力。在每个国家，鉴于农村家庭通常由从事非农村工作的劳动移民维护，将在3个农村村庄和2个工业工厂进行研究。来自柬埔寨，印度，英国和欧洲大陆的调查人员，顾问和借用的联合国妇女工作人员的20人跨学科团队将与非政府和私营部门项目合作伙伴以及（非）学术专家的顾问委员会合作，以提供这项突破性的研究。该项目还将促进7名早期职业研究人员的卓越研究和发展，其中大多数是妇女和/或黑人，亚洲或少数民族种族（BAME）。指导包括两个早期的住宅写作撤退，其中一种在柬埔寨，另一种在印度，以支持出版写作技巧和信心的发展。这项研究将在10篇期刊文章，一份可访问的项目报告中发表，6份政策摘要（英文，Khmer和泰米尔语）将汇集（非）（非） - ACADEMITINT的研究，以进行6个批准的持有人，以合并工作，以合并为单方面的工作效果，并汇集了一体的工作。参与者和艺术家摄影的独特而引人注目的展览也将在金边，钦奈和伦敦举办，以推广研究为更广泛的观众。该展览将充当项目报告启动，激发媒体兴趣的空间，并将在利益相关者讲习班期间定时，以最大程度地影响政治，发展和私营部门决策者。最终，鉴于小规模信贷的地位是实施2030年可持续发展议程的重要杠杆，我们的研究对于告知其对性别公平的气候弹性的思考和操作至关重要。