Gender and Sustainability

Gender perspectives on sustainability focus on access to natural resources by men and women in diverse localities. The power relations underlying the gender order frame the different patterns of the use and control of land, water, species, energy. The scarcity of natural resources affects women and men differently, according to their social and economic status and their ethnicity.
Gender perspectives on sustainability focus on access to natural resources by men and women in diverse localities. The power relations underlying the gender order frame the different patterns of the use and control of land, water, species, energy. The scarcity of natural resources affects women and men differently, according to their social and economic status and their ethnicity.

From a critical gender perspective, sustainability is a contested concept. The mainstream notion of sustainable development has been challenged by women’s environmental organizations through the approach of sustainable livelihoods. The livelihood perspective questions the common sense idea of economic growth being the basis for sustainability.
From a critical gender perspective, sustainability is a contested concept. The mainstream notion of sustainable development has been challenged by women’s environmental organizations through the approach of sustainable livelihoods. The livelihood perspective questions the common sense idea of economic growth being the basis for sustainability.Gender perspectives on sustainability focus on access to natural resources by men and women in diverse localities. The power relations underlying the gender order frame the different patterns of the use and control of land, water, species, energy. The scarcity of natural resources affects women and men differently, according to their social and economic status and their ethnicity.

From a critical gender perspective, sustainability is a contested concept. The mainstream notion of sustainable development has been challenged by women’s environmental organizations through the approach of sustainable livelihoods. The livelihood perspective questions the common sense idea of economic growth being the basis for sustainability.