Geography Health and Sustainability

<p>With a global commitment to achieve gender equality by 2030 the SDGs present a historic opportunity to place gender as central to human progress across the globe. Gender equality which requires the empowerment of all women and girls is an explicit goal in addition to being a fundamental prerequisite to and facilitator of most other SDGs. This edited collection provides a range of geographical and geospatial insights from a variety of disciplinary and country-specific perspectives to better understand gender and sustainable development. In addition to several African countries Mexico Japan Canada USA and Cambodia are featured. A range of topical case studies examine women’s domestic and care work including water collection breastfeeding food purchasing and caring for elderly family members. Access to health care services is examined in the case of breast screening and antenatal care. Women’s engagement in the labour force is also addressed with a specific look at the renewable energy sector; structural barriers to employment are discussed across a number of chapters with clear strategies to break through these barriers. Finally theoretical insights are proposed in better understanding and engaging in gendered inequalities in health.</p>