Essays about: "gendered rights and responsibilities"

Found 4 essays containing the words gendered rights and responsibilities.

1. 1. “Until I see that I have water, I am never free”: Gendered experiences of water scarcity : A case study from Gburimani, Northern Ghana

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Madeleine Nordström; Isabel Widman; [2022]
   Keywords : Water scarcity; Gender; Feminist Political Ecology; Intersectionality; Decolonial feminism; Ghana;

   Abstract : Access to water is essential for every aspect of human life. Lack of water is a huge burden for people in low- and middle-income countries, directly linked to poverty, and considered a severe violation of human rights. READ MORE

3. 2. Women of Rivers - Feminist Political Ecology of Hydropower Development in Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Ezgi Mangura; [2021]
   Keywords : Feminist Political Ecology; Hydropower Development in Turkey; Social Inequality; Gendered Livelihoods; Narrative Analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Hydropower projects have rapidly increased in Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey, putting local women’s socio-environmental engagements with rivers in danger. This thesis examines the hydropower projects in the aforementioned region, from the Feminist Political Ecology perspective, with an intersectional look, and thus explores how the hydropower projects have resulted in reproducing social inequalities by impairing women’s identities. READ MORE

4. 3. In the eye of the storm : a gendered study on climate change adaptation in small-scale farming in Thái Bình, Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josephine Ylipää; [2018]
   Keywords : gender; climate change adaptation; livelihoods; policy; sustainability science; Vietnam; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Vietnam is one of the countries in the world that is projected to be most impacted by climate change. Extreme weather events such as storms and floods are predicted to increase with the changing climate. As such, climate change adaptation is crucial, especially for farmers who are relying on vulnerable livelihoods to climate change. READ MORE

5. 4. “Somos pocas, pero buenas”: A case study of women’s participation within community forestry in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Elena Anne Baumanns; [2015]
   Keywords : community forestry; women’s participation; feminist political ecology; power relations; gendered rights and responsibilities; Guatemala; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Community forestry has been promoted as a participatory approach for conservation and sustainable development. Yet, community forestry was found to exclude women in different contexts around the globe. READ MORE