Baluch people are recognized as one of the vulnerable and impoverished society in Iran. They are increasingly affected by land degradation and climate change. Prolonged Drought directly affects their food and livelihood security. Women are more vulnerable in this area because they are less likely to migrate than men.
In Baluchistan, women make up a large part of the region’s livelihood workforce, yet the importance of their role remains mostly unrecognized. While women play an essential role in agriculture and natural resource management in Baluchistan, they have more significant financial and resource constraints and lower levels of access to information and services than men. Because of these gender inequalities, women face unique challenges when it comes to adapting to different dimensions of land degradation.
Respecting the Baluch women situation, it is vital to increase their resilience and adaptation capacity in response to these challenges. Building resilience attempt to present economic alternative opportunities, access to services and lifesaving skills in Sistan & Baluchestan to train Baluch women with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to lead community resilience building.
Our empowering program is based on guiding the local community to increase their resilience and reduce their vulnerability by using suitable livelihood methods in new climatic conditions.
Briefly, In online courses, workshops and social media these content will be shared with local women activists of Baluchistan:
– Women-centered resilience on Land degradation;
– Role of women in adaptation on climate change;
– Surviving in natural disasters;
– Mitigation social impacts of prolonged droughts, focusing on role of women
– Sustainable women-centered livelihood in arid areas;
– Gender equality and sustainable development
– Civic engagement for Baluchi women
– Ecotourism in deserts
– Sustainable women-centered farming in dry areas
– Inexpensive, and affordable solutions to climate change in Baluchistan
– Women’s healthcare in areas facing water shortages