Review Article

Theorizing the Implications of Gender Order for Sustainable Forest Management

Table 1

Measures to assess female participation and representation in SFM engagement models.

ParticipationForms of Representation SFM engagement models
ExpertStakeholderCivic

NominalDescriptiveFor example, numbers of female “experts”For example, numbers of female stakeholder representatives and/or gender issue focused stakeholdersFor example, numbers of females in forest advisory committees

EffectiveDescriptiveFor example, female experts are able to voice their concerns in a meaningful way and be heardFor example, female stakeholders reps are able to voice their concerns in a meaningful way and be heardFor example, females are able to voice their concerns in citizen juries in a meaningful way and be heard
Subjective attachedFor example, experts act on behalf of women forestry experts whether present or notFor example, stakeholder representatives act on behalf of women/women’s groups who have a stake in forestry whether present or notFor example, citizen juries act on behalf of women’s/women’s groups who have an interest in forestry whether present or not
Objective unattachedFor example, experts acting on behalf of women who do not have a direct stake in forestry even when they are not presentFor example, stakeholder representatives act on behalf of women’s groups who do not have a direct stake in forestry even when they are not presentFor example, citizen juries act on behalf of women who do not have a direct stake in forestry even when they are not present