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Women’S Empowerment And The Honey Production Projects In The Protected Areas Of Usumacinta Canyon, Mexico, Paola Selene Vera-Martínez, Erika Guadalupe Ceballos-Falcón

Journal of International Women's Studies

Beekeeping is an activity with positive effects for biodiversity and food security; furthermore, it is compatible with the conservation objectives of protected areas. Likewise, previous studies show that the participation of women in beekeeping projects gives them access to paid work and triggers the possibility of their empowerment. The aim of the article is to explore the process of women’s empowerment as one of the social results that derives from the meliponic farmers and beekeepers’ projects implemented in the protected area of the Usumacinta Canyon, Mexico. For this research project, visits were made to the places of honey production in …