ABSTRACT
With increasing environmental and economic pressures, poor women and men of the MENA region are challenged to meet daily livelihood needs. These populations depend upon an increasingly fragile natural resource base for food and economic security and are increasingly vulnerable to climatic variability and change. Furthermore, poor women and men are hindered by limited access to resources and services, exacerbated by political and social inequities. Women, in particular, despite their significant role in agriculture and environment and natural resource management, own fewer and have less access to resources including land, water, livestock, inputs, credit and technologies, potentially limiting productivity (World Bank 2012).
