Rangeland Women: Why Supporting Them Could Save Tunisia’s Degraded Ecosystems

Across the drylands, there is a widespread misconception surrounding rural women’s involvement in rangelands.

Women’s roles in livestock rearing, crop cultivation, and climate change adaptation, are either diminished or altogether invisible, perpetuating a loop of missed opportunities and a lack of institutional support. Tunisia is no exception.

ICARDA Gender Scientist Dina Najjar and Bipasha Baruah -who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues at the University of Western Ontario – debunk the myth that rangeland activities are primarily male-oriented and male performed in an upcoming paper.