Essays about: "Gendered Livelihoods"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Gendered Livelihoods.

1. 1. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
   Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

   Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. 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. From traditional to modern rice farming methods: A case study on smallholder farmers in the subaks of Gunung Sari village, Bali, Indonesia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Ruby Casellini; [2016]
   Keywords : rice; smallholder; livelihood; gender; technology; traditional; subak; Indonesia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Historically, smallholder farmers have dominated rice production in the Global South, typically cultivating rice on less than one hectare of land. In Indonesia, rice is the staple crop and is both a political and cultural commodity. READ MORE

6. 5. What is a good man? A qualitative field study of how hegemonic masculinity is changing and being maintained in relation to livelihood diversification, education and gendered division of labour in Southern Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Astrid Thea Hambleton; [2016]
   Keywords : Hegemonic masculinity; Ethiopia; Diversification of Livelihoods; Gendered Division of Labour; Education and Masculinity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gender equality has become a top priority worldwide. However, gender tends to be synonymous with women and the agency of men is too often marginalised in both development interventions and research. READ MORE