Women Working In The Environment

Based on theoretical insights from ecofeminism women and development and postmodernism and the convincing empirical work of numerous scholars this book is organized around five aspects of gender relationships with the environment: Part I-gender divisions of labor Part 2-property rights Part 3-knowledge and strategies for sustainability Part 4-environmental and social movements and Part 5- policy alternatives. Examining women's relationship with the environment using these five dimensions provides concrete material examples of how women work with control know and affect the environment and natural resources.