Powerful synergies: gender equality, economic development and environmental sustainability
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Publisher: United Nations Development Programme , 2012
This collection of contributions by gender and sustainable development experts explores the interconnections between gender equality and sustainable development across a range of sectors and issues such as energy, health, education, food security, climate change, human rights, consumption and production patterns, and urbanisation. The articles provide evidence on how women’s equal access and control over resources not only improves livelihoods, but also helps ensure the sustainability of the environment. Recommendations for policy makers and practitioners include: develop a participatory and gender-responsive consultation process to inform and ensure equitable decision-making; commit to building a green economy based on gender equality, poverty eradication, and technological and social systems that reduce the environmental impact of production and consumption; decrease women’s growing burden of unpaid labour by increasing their access to appropriate technologies and natural resources.
What we mean by:
MDG 3: Gender Equality (millennium development goal 3, Objectif du Millénaire pour le développement 3)
Women and children are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather events are most likely to be a... read more
Sustainable Development (SD)
The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the World Conservation Strategy (IUCN 1... read more
Sustainability (Sustainability)
In order to survive, all life, including human life, depends either directly or indirectly on th... read more
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