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Chapter 11
“Women with Wings”: An Experience
of Participatory Monitoring in a Natural
Protected Area
D. Pinedo, C. Leyva, M. Ballardo, M. A. Cordero, E. Estrada, A. Ocaña,
D. S. Savín, Y. Savín, M. Silva, M. C. Tonche, and Y. Torres
Abstract The complexity of environmental issues focuses on the multiplicity of
actors and interests that are integrated in the management of socio-ecological systems. This approach has been analyzed from different perspectives. In recent
decades one of the approaches that have been incorporated into discourses, research,
and public policies at the international and national levels is the gender perspective.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the concept of gender, focusing on female
leadership in the environmental management actions and competencies of the
“Mujeres con Alas” (“Women with Wings”) group. This community group was
founded in 2015, in view of the need to integrate women in conservation activities
within the protected area “Reserva de la Biosfera Bahía de Los Ángeles,” located on
the East coast of Baja California, Mexico. Currently, a group of 11 women carries
out monitoring, bird tourism, and environmental education activities. For this study,
an ethnography was made with semi-structured interviews and focal groups to document and explore the role of female leadership in environmental management. The
group’s strengths, obstacles, and areas of opportunity were identified throughout the
bird conservation activities. With this analysis, it was shown how the “Women with
Wings” have taken advantage of the given natural resources and they emerged as
agents of change through the opportunities of environmental management, with collective actions in favor of both the development and well-being of their community
and the natural resource conservation.
D. Pinedo
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Leyva (*)
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Ensenada, Mexico
e-mail: cleyva@uabc.edu.mx
M. Ballardo · M. A. Cordero · E. Estrada · A. Ocaña · D. S. Savín · Y. Savín · M. Silva
M. C. Tonche · Y. Torres
Grupo Mujeres con Alas, Domicilio conocido Bahía de los Ángeles, Ensenada, México
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
S. Lucatello et al. (eds.), Stewardship of Future Drylands and Climate
Change in the Global South, Springer Climate,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22464-6_11
Chapter 11
“Women with Wings”: An Experience
of Participatory Monitoring in a Natural
Protected Area
D. Pinedo, C. Leyva, M. Ballardo, M. A. Cordero, E. Estrada, A. Ocaña,
D. S. Savín, Y. Savín, M. Silva, M. C. Tonche, and Y. Torres
Abstract The complexity of environmental issues focuses on the multiplicity of
actors and interests that are integrated in the management of socio-ecological systems. This approach has been analyzed from different perspectives. In recent
decades one of the approaches that have been incorporated into discourses, research,
and public policies at the international and national levels is the gender perspective.
The objective of this study is to evaluate the concept of gender, focusing on female
leadership in the environmental management actions and competencies of the
“Mujeres con Alas” (“Women with Wings”) group. This community group was
founded in 2015, in view of the need to integrate women in conservation activities
within the protected area “Reserva de la Biosfera Bahía de Los Ángeles,” located on
the East coast of Baja California, Mexico. Currently, a group of 11 women carries
out monitoring, bird tourism, and environmental education activities. For this study,
an ethnography was made with semi-structured interviews and focal groups to document and explore the role of female leadership in environmental management. The
group’s strengths, obstacles, and areas of opportunity were identified throughout the
bird conservation activities. With this analysis, it was shown how the “Women with
Wings” have taken advantage of the given natural resources and they emerged as
agents of change through the opportunities of environmental management, with collective actions in favor of both the development and well-being of their community
and the natural resource conservation.
D. Pinedo
Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico
C. Leyva (*)
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC), Ensenada, Mexico
e-mail: cleyva@uabc.edu.mx
M. Ballardo · M. A. Cordero · E. Estrada · A. Ocaña · D. S. Savín · Y. Savín · M. Silva
M. C. Tonche · Y. Torres
Grupo Mujeres con Alas, Domicilio conocido Bahía de los Ángeles, Ensenada, México