Global climate policies recognize the urgent need to address the inequitable impacts of climate change onsmallholder agricultural communities, but there is limited understanding of how to accomplish this in practice.We contribute to closing this gap through the design of a participatory qualitative methodology intended tonurture locally-led “transformative adaptati...

Global climate policies recognize the urgent need to address the inequitable impacts of climate change on smallholder agricultural communities, but there is limited understanding of how to accomplish this in practice. We contribute to closing this gap through the design of a participatory qualitative methodology intended to nurture locally-led “transformative adapt...

The literature suggests marked gender inequality in the use of agricultural technologydespite the availability of evidence that women could be as productive as menwhen given equal access to agricultural resources. This underscores an urgent needto consider improving women’s access to agricultural technology to ensure thesustainable provision of food for all people,...

<p>Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Arab Uprisings and the Implications of the Arab Spring -- 3. Political Islam and the Future of Women's Rights -- 4. Spirit of Revolution in the Region -- 5. Conflict and Women's Roles in Peacemaking -- 6. Conclusion</p>

This guide is a principal output of a qualitative methodology study that explored people’s understandings of and experiences with social equity and adaptation to climate change in smallholder agricultural communities. Study objectives featured development and testing of research methods that worked to reveal openings for positive change and potentially disrupt driv...