abstract: 'Since 2005, major donors have been expanding Morocco''s programs to

  combat poverty, social exclusion and gender inequality. Yet, despite

  newly designed programs that advocate participatory approaches,

  empowerment and inclusion, rural women endure a persistent

  marginalization in development programs. This article explores the

  latest strategies of the Green Morocco Plan (GMP) and the income

  generating activities (IGA) strategies that seek to support the

  employment and autonomy of rural women. Interviews and focus groups were

  conducted with women in seven villages in Rhamna province and with key

  official informants. The study shows that the women''s participation in

  income generating activities and rural cooperatives'' decision-making

  processes is virtually non-existent and that empowerment and gender

  equality is not unfolding for women. Rather, the women''s involvement in

  running cooperatives is limited to providing cheap or even free manual

  labor, while only literate and generally educated people are able to

  benefit economically from the cooperative structures.'
affiliation: 'Montanari, B (Corresponding Author), Erasmus Univ Rotterdam Int Inst
  Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.

  Montanari, Bernadette; Bergh, Sylvia I., Erasmus Univ Rotterdam Int Inst Social
  Studies, The Hague, Netherlands.'
author: Montanari, Bernadette and Bergh, Sylvia I.
author-email: bernadettemontanari@hotmail.com
author_list:
- family: Montanari
  given: Bernadette
- family: Bergh
  given: Sylvia I.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1007/s10745-019-00086-8
eissn: 1572-9915
files: []
issn: 0300-7839
journal: HUMAN ECOLOGY
keywords: 'Green Morocco plan; Income generating activities (IGA); Socio-economic

  development; Rural women; Morocco'
keywords-plus: WOMENS EMPOWERMENT
language: English
month: JUN
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '45'
orcid-numbers: 'Montanari, Bernadette/0000-0002-2124-7059

  Bergh, Sylvia I./0000-0002-0651-6732'
pages: 409-417
papis_id: 8ac0eea2d12075ea901ecacb591743c8
ref: Montanari2019genderedanalysis
researcherid-numbers: 'Montanari, Bernadette/AAE-9619-2020

  '
times-cited: '18'
title: 'A Gendered Analysis of the Income Generating Activities under the Green Morocco
  Plan: Who Profits?'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000475981900008
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '6'
volume: '47'
web-of-science-categories: Anthropology; Environmental Studies; Sociology
year: '2019'