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Review on: Opportunities and Challenges of Women Participation on Watershed Management in Ethiopia

Yohannes Walie

Watershed management is the fundamental of growth and poverty reduction. Watershed change increasingly affects the livelihoods of people, and poor people experience especially negative impacts given their lack of capacity to prepare for and cope with the effects of a change. However, it doesn’t employ efficiently in many countries due to ignoring women, who are basically a necessity resource in agriculture and the rural economy and confront enormous challenges which retard women involvement in watershed management. Problems of women participation in agricultural activities and production touch many countries of the world and are among the most important intention in gender equality development. Agricultural production, especially in increasingly industrial production systems, has been associated with pollution of the watershed as well as the degradation of natural ecosystems. Female participation in agriculture and watershed conservation is still not enough. Gender equality is a key component of human development, but Ethiopia still has a gender gap in overall sector especially in agriculture and watershed development and management activities. This review identifies the changing gender status in Ethiopia and its achievements and challenges based on different available published documents and information.