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1/6 When we think about #wildlifetrafficking, how often do we think about #women? Urban wildmeat trafficking (UWT) is a unique workforce and identifying the impact that women have within it is necessary for effective conservation interventions.
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2/6 Immovable gender expectations regarding the engagement of men and women within UWT may fuel misconceptions regarding women within the industry.
Men are traditionally viewed as holding more aggressive roles while women are seen as holding more “soft” roles such as food prep.
3/6 Using SSO from markets in the DRC, we looked at the involvement of women in UWT across the UWT supply chain. We sought to answer these questions as well as generate a profile for some women involved in UWT.
4/6 Our main findings were that there was a distinct correlation between women and the types of products they handled, where they sent them, and where they sourced them. Most notably is the handling of dwarf crocs, wildmeat and ivory.
5/6 So does it matter if gender is overlooked in urban wildmeat trafficking? Yes, for if we continue to treat gender as a non confounding variable, we may allow UWT to persist b/c we have failed to consider half of the individuals committing it.
6/6 Thank you all so much for tuning in to my presentation, and especially to @meredithgore @c_andsons @MSU_NatSci @TheWCS If you have any questions please feel free to DM me 😊
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