Taking this theoretical background, Agarwal (2010) used a
subset of these factors to explain variation in women’s participation
for a group of forests in India and Nepal. She found that the
gender composition of the forestry councils, as well as the age of
the women on those councils, significantly affects the likelihood
both of participation and the likelihood that women not only show
up to meetings but that they speak up on certain types of issues.
Agrawal and Chhatre (2006) found that even after controlling for a
number of confounding variables women’s participation significantly
correlates with positive forest user rankings of forest
conditions