Sustainability and Social Justice
Essential Connections: Linking Gender to Effective Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The gender variable is central to positioning both men and women vis-a-vis institutions that determine access to land, to other resources, and to the wider economy. Analysts must conceptualize gender for the purpose of desegregating and interpreting information about the functioning of individuals, households and community organizations in managing their natural resources. This paper situates such analysis in the literature from political and cultural ecology and from institutional and community organization. It identifies issues and themes relevant to understanding the role of gender in managing natural resources and argues that a new integrative approach must emerge to conceptualize the ecological and organization complexity. It also argues that attention to gender is central to increasing the equity and effectiveness of local-level management of natural resources. -from Authors
Publication Title
Working Paper - Michigan State University, Office of Women in International Development
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Volume
242
Keywords
women in development, natural resources, developing countries, sustainable development
Repository Citation
Thomas-Slayter, Barbara and Rocheleau, Dianne, "Essential Connections: Linking Gender to Effective Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Development" (1994). Sustainability and Social Justice. 376.
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