Women and IWT: Understanding Gender Dynamics in Pakistan’s Wildlife Trafficking
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Evidence
VALUE £69,207
WHERE Pakistan
Summary
The project seeks to conduct Pakistan’s first assessment to determine gender dynamics in illegal wildlife trade (IWT). It will explore women’s roles in IWT and combatting IWT, and the drivers influencing their participation, including vulnerable livelihoods or law-enforcement constraints such as limited representation of women in the wildlife ranger workforce. The new evidence base will support development of a gender-responsive strategy for the Wildlife Department, improved IWT policies and frameworks, and the design of full applications to future IWT-CF calls.
Over 600 arrests and more than 500 convictions in wildlife crime since 2017, alongside a decline in ivory trafficking cases and an increase in elephant and rhino populations.
