Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods: spaces lost, spaces gained
New book edited by Wendy Harcourt
About the book
At a time when the world is reeling from multiple economic and ecological crises, an international cast of ecologists and gender specialists from the Global North and Global South provide a multidisciplinary perspective on gender, sustainability, and livelihoods.
With the 20 year review of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to be held in Brazil in 2012, this book boldly reclaims the concept of sustainable livelihoods for women.
Authors from 10 different countries show how women engage in policy decisions on
- climate change and consumptions
- managing solidarity economies
- farming
- micro credit
- value chains
- strategies in post-conflict contexts
The book will be launched on 12 June at ISS during the 2nd Environmental Studies Colloquium, 'A critical gender lens on "greening’ the economy"’ to be held at ISS.
A day earlier, on 11 June, a related colloquium will be held at ISS dealing with issues of global land grabbing
About the editor
Wendy Harcourt is a Senior Lecturer at ISS. She is a feminist researcher and activist and chief editor of the quarterly journal Development.
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Publication date: Wednesday, 02 May 2012
