The Natural Power of Women

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The presentation of Craig Leisher, Senior Social Scientist in The Nature Conservancy’s Central Science Unit, at IIED's Biodiversity Team's seminar Natural Resource Management - Forests, Food Security & Nutrition; and Why Gender Matters on 8 April 2014. The presentation, The Natural Power of Women, considers why decision-making is better in mixed-gender groups, and what happens when both men and women have a say in local resource management. More information on IIED's work on gender: http://www.iied.org/gender.

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Women and Natural Resource
Management
Craig Leisher
Senior Social Scientist
The Nature Conservancy

2000 - 2006 % change in forest condition in 64 locally
managed forests in India
77.4
87.9
70 75 80 85 90
Men-only (1 or zero woman) on
mangement board
Women on management board
Improvement in forest coverSource: Agarwal 2009
12.5%

15%
22%
No women on executive committee
Women on executive committee
Return on equity
Europe and BRIC companies, 2007-2009
n = 279Source: McKinsey & Company 2010
41%

11%
15%
No women on board of directors
Women on board of directors
Return on equity
US Fortune 500 companies, 2004-2008
n = 524Source: Catalyst 2011
46%

12%
16%
No women on board of directors
Women on board of directors
Return on equity
Global companies, 2005-2011
n = 2,359Source: Credit Suisse 2012
30%

Why gender diversity makes a difference
• The majority group improves its own performance in
response to minority involvement
• Better conflict resolution
• Fewer high-risk strategies are selected
• Fosters a better balance in leadership skills
• Able to tap into the widest possible pool of talent

More sustainable resource use =
Less time to collect resource and more consistent income
for women =
More long-term investments in areas such as education =
More boys and girls in school.

Select countries’ total fertility rate by education level
7.2
6.7
6.1 5.9
4.9
3.6
7.0
5.5
5.1
4.3
3.8
3.1
4.8
3.2
2.0
2.4 2.2 2.5
0
2
4
6
8
Niger
2006
Kenya
2003
Ethiopia
2005
Haiti
2005
Philippines
2005
Bangledesh
2004
Totalfertilityrate
No education Primary Secondary or higher
Source: Population Reference Bureau

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