Around the world, women and men hold different roles and responsibilities, knowledge and experiences and rights and power when it comes to governing natural resources. In most contexts, women and men have varying levels of access and control over these resources. The diverse values and priorities related to natural resources between women and men derive distinct and vital benefits for livelihoods and ecosystems. This SRJS brief reviews why gender equality and social equity is important for natural resource governance: improving environmental and social outcomes.
Brief
Gender and Natural Resource Governance: Addressing inequalities and empowering women for sustainable ecosystem management
- 2020
Author:
- IUCN
Organization:
- IUCN
Citation:
- IUCN (2020). Gender and Natural Resource Governance: Addressing inequalities and empowering women for sustainable ecosystem management. IUCN: Gland, Switzerland
- Reading Time: < 1 minute
Synopsis
Classifications
Accessing and Controlling Natural Resources, Advancing Women’s Participation and Leadership, Agriculture, Asia and the Pacific, Brief, Building Gender Knowledge and Capacities, Civil Society, Climate Action, Community, Conservation, Conservation Case, Decision Making, Deforestation and Degradation, Documents and resources, Ecosystem-Based Management, English, Farming, Food Security, Food Security Resilience, Gender Equality, Gendered Work Burdens, Global, Human Rights Case, IUCN, Land and Resource Rights, Latin America and the Caribbean, Life Below Water, Life on Land, Making the Case, Natural Resource Governance Framework, Nature-Based Solutions, Partnerships to achieve the Goal, Reduced Inequality, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sanitation, Social Inclusion and Intersectionality, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Water, Water Access, Water Collection, Water Management
Sustainable Development Goals
