Environment & Gender

Attempts to understand the production and impacts of climate change and proposals for mitigation and adaptation through gender analyses are thin on the ground. This book explains how gender, as a power relationship, influences climate change related strategies and considers the additional pressure t..

Women and Nature? Beyond Dualism in Gender, Body, and Environment provides a historical context for understanding the contested relationships between women and nature, and it articulates strategies for moving beyond the dualistic theories and practices that often frame those relationships...

The importance of livestock as an asset to women and their participation in markets is presented in this book through empirical evidence from Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and from different production systems. The book provides analysis and recommendations on how to mainstream gender in livestock ..