{"id":9992,"date":"2026-04-06T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainforestfoundationuk.org\/?p=9992"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:37:39","slug":"rfuk-shares-findings-of-gender-study-highlighting-opportunities-and-barriers-for-women-in-forest-governance-in-the-republic-of-congo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainforestfoundationuk.org\/es\/rfuk-shares-findings-of-gender-study-highlighting-opportunities-and-barriers-for-women-in-forest-governance-in-the-republic-of-congo\/","title":{"rendered":"RFUK shares findings of gender study highlighting opportunities and barriers for women in forest governance in the Republic of Congo"},"content":{"rendered":"

RFUK is sharing findings from a new gender study examining women’s participation in forest governance and community-based monitoring in the Republic of Congo. The study was conducted as part of the FISONG project, “Legal capacities and participation of environmental defenders in the Republic of Congo<\/em>“, a programme implemented since 2022 by a consortium led by RFUK together with ClientEarth and the Congolese organisation, Comptoir Juridique Junior (CJJ). FISONG – an innovation funding mechanism created by Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement – supports pilot projects that test new approaches to development, with a strong focus on learning, evaluation and scaling impact. Through this initiative, partners aim to strengthen the rule of law, accountability and sustainable forest management by strengthening environmental defenders, particularly local communities and Indigenous peoples, through awareness-raising and capacity-building initiatives\/activities.<\/p>\r\n

Through FISONG, community members are trained as community observers and paralegals, enabling them to monitor illegal activities linked to natural resource exploitation, report forest crimes via the ForestLink<\/a> monitoring system and improve access to justice. As part of this work, the gender study adopted a participatory and interactive methodology to better understand the structural barriers and constraints faced by women in general, and Bantu and Indigenous women in particular, in the context of environmental management and forest protection.<\/p>\r\n

Key findings and positive developments<\/h5>\r\n

The study highlights both enabling factors and obstacles to women’s participation. Some encouraging positive developments include:<\/p>\r\n