Buch
Sammelband
Gender and sustainability : lessons from Asia and Latin America
Verfasst von:
Cruz-Torres, María Luz
Tucson:
Univ. of Arizona Press
,
2012
,
253 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Cruz-Torres, María Luz |
| Jahr: | 2012 |
| Maße: | 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0816530017 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| This is one of the first books to address how gender plays a role in helping to achieve the sustainable use of natural resources. The contributions collected here deal with the struggles of women and the many scales of interaction that link the global and the local. Bringing together case studies from Asia and Latin America, this collection adds new knowledge to our understanding of the interplay between local and global processes. Organized broadly by three major issues—forests, water, and fisheries—the scholarship ranges widely: the gender dimensions of the illegal trade in wildlife in Vietnam; women and development issues along the Ganges River; the role of gender in sustainable fishing in the Philippines; women's inclusion in community forestry in India; gender-based confrontations and resistance in Mexican fisheries; environmentalism and gender in Ecuador; and women's roles in managing water scarcity in Bolivia and addressing sustainability in shrimp farming in the Mekong Delta. Together these chapters show why gender issues are important for understanding how communities and populations deal daily with the challenges of globalization and environmental change. Through their rich ethnographic research, the contributors demonstrate that gender analysis offers useful insights into how a more sustainable world can be negotiated—one household and one community at a time. | |
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