Women’s Access to Alternative Livelihood Opportunities

Women’s Access to Alternative Livelihood Opportunities

Although women are found to be well represented across all environmental sectors, significant data gaps exist. Representation in workshops and other national mediums tends to be primarily female across all projects. Under the Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) Project, women continue to play a leading role in the management of watershed committees. Furthermore, curriculum development on EbA approaches and practices now have a wider audience amongst both teachers and students. Project partnerships with the University of Seychelles provided training for young women and girls in sustainable farming practices, river monitoring among others. The two new projects, namely the Ridge to Reef project and the Coral Reef Restoration project, have a strong gender reporting focus and continued to play a critical role in monitoring the increase in women’s participation and offering alternative livelihood opportunities. Furthermore, in many of the consultancies advertised under the ongoing projects, strong applications were submitted equally by women and men.