Women reclaiming sustainable livelihoods:spaces lost, spaces gained

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Group Author: Harcourt Wendy, 1959-
Published:
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Gender, development and social change
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Carrier Form: xiii, 274 pages: ; 23 cm
ISBN: 9780230316485 (hbk.)
0230316484 (hbk.)
Index Number: C913
CLC: C913.68
Call Number: C913.68/W872-27
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods / W.Harcourt& J.Stremmelaar ; Redefining Sustainable Livelihoods / S.Krishna. -- PARTI: Framing gender and livelihood concerns today. Women Advocating for Gender Equality and Sustainable Livelihoods on the Global Stage / I.Dankelman ; Towards Gender Equality in Global Sustainable Consumption and Production Agreements / K.Sexsmith ; Gender Equality in Certified Agricultural Value Chains / N.Verhart& R.Pyburn ; Global Agricultural Policies, Institutional Interventions and Women's Livelihoods / A.Rao ; Global Institutions Try to Get it Right: An Insider's Perspective / G.Bloom. -- PART II: Gender and livelihoods in place. Your Caring Sharing Co-op: Women, Work and Sustainability in a Polanyian Paradigm / M.S.Cato ; Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods in India: 'Side-stream'/'Mainstream' / S.Krishna ; The Dream Merchants Have No Clothes: Women's Rights and Empowerment in the Micro Finance Regime / S.K.Parthasarathy ; The Cost of Peace: Exploring Opportunities for Women's Livelihoods in Post Conflict Settings / S.Aguiari ; Sustaining Women's and Community Livelihoods in Rural Tanzania / M.Masaiganah ; Sustainable Livelihoods and Gender in the Marginal Alpine Communities of Trentino / M.Zucca ; Indigenous Women Claiming Their Land / M.B.Rius. -- PART III: Emerging issues for gender and livelihoods. Biocapital, Biopolitics and Biosocialities: Reframing Health, Livelihoods and Environments with New Genetics and Biotechnology / L.Acero ; Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods in Urban Honiara / A.Lacey ; Gender and Climate Justice / A.Agostino& R.Lizarde.
"This volume highlights women's work sustaining local economies and environments, particularly in response to the current food, fuel and climate crises. It includes women's role in the green entrepreneurship, women's reproductive and productive work in the care economy, and a further examination of eco feminist debates."--Publisher's website.