Empowering Women with Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Información del proyecto

EWTEK

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 657223

DOI

10.3030/657223

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 26 Marzo 2015

Fecha de inicio 1 Julio 2015

Fecha de finalización 31 Mayo 2018

Financiado con arreglo a

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Coste total

€ 236 257,70

Aportación de la UE

€ 236 257,70

Coordinado por

ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM
Netherlands

Objetivo

In rural Morocco, women are the gatekeepers of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) linked to natural resource management.Women have been underestimated for their important contribution to producing and securing food, managing natural resources, and their ability to earn an income through these activities. Even though massive aid budgets from the major donors, including the European Union, are allocated to expand Morocco’s programmes to combat poverty, social exclusion and gender inequality, rural women are still poorly integrated in Moroccan society. Using an original interdisciplinary approach of ethnobiology, development studies and geography, this study will explore whether women are able to gain social status and economic development through applying their traditional ecological knowledge in the context of the Green Morocco Plan in two rural communes of Rhamna Province. The study will cover the two main issues: 1) an analysis of the socio-historical, political context of the country, to assess the interests and motives of the Moroccan government to address gender issues; 2), an ethnographic investigation into women’s traditional knowledge activities looking in particular at the transfer of women’s traditional knowledge and environmental practices to new income generating activities. The policy relevance of the study lies in its aim to ensure that a gender aware ‘rural traditional dimension’ is included in programme policies with concrete proposals on how to overcome rural women’s socio-economic stagnation, and improve the working conditions of rural women in Morocco. It will contribute to the current debate of gender analysis, environmental practices and women’s integration in development programmes. The Fellowship is expected to deliver a curriculum to expand this new field of enquiry to resolve issues of social exclusion. It will open up perspectives of employment for the researcher in a European academic institution or a policy research institute.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias sociales › sociología › cuestiones sociales › desigualdad social › desigualdad de género
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería ambiental › gestión de recursos naturales
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › ciencias de la salud › nutrición
• ciencias sociales › economía y empresa › gestión y empresas › empleo
• ciencias sociales › derecho › derechos humanos

Palabras clave

• Natural resource management
• poverty alleviation
• rural women's socio-economic development
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge
• women 's empowerment

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
  

Tema(s)

• MSCA-IF-2014-GF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF)
  

Régimen de financiación

MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Coordinador

ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 236 257,70
• Dirección: BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50 ; 3062 PA Rotterdam ; Países Bajos
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 236 257,70

Socios (1)

Socio

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Estados Unidos

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 0,00
• Dirección: 506 S. WRIGHT STREET, 209 HAB, MC 339 ; 61801 Urbana
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: € 153 458,30