Cel 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. Dziedzina nauki social sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesgender inequalityengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringnatural resources managementmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentsocial scienceslawhuman rights Słowa kluczowe Natural resource management poverty alleviation rural women's socio-economic development Traditional Ecological Knowledge women 's empowerment Program(-y) H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility Temat(-y) MSCA-IF-2014-GF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF) Zaproszenie do składania wniosków H2020-MSCA-IF-2014 Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF) Koordynator ERASMUS UNIVERSITEIT ROTTERDAM Wkład UE netto € 236 257,70 Adres BURGEMEESTER OUDLAAN 50 3062 PA Rotterdam Niderlandy Zobacz na mapie Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Uczestnictwo w unijnych programach w zakresie badań i innowacji Opens in new window sieć współpracy HORIZON Opens in new window Koszt całkowity € 236 257,70 Partnerzy (1) Sortuj alfabetycznie Sortuj według wkładu UE netto Rozwiń wszystko Zwiń wszystko Partner Organizacje partnerskie biorą udział w realizacji działania, jednak nie podpisują umowy o grant. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Stany Zjednoczone Wkład UE netto € 0,00 Adres 506 S. WRIGHT STREET, 209 HAB, MC 339 61801 URBANA IL Zobacz na mapie Rodzaj działalności Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Uczestnictwo w unijnych programach w zakresie badań i innowacji Opens in new window sieć współpracy HORIZON Opens in new window Koszt całkowity € 153 458,30