In Ecuador, the shrimp industry caused mangrove losses that disproportionately affected women. Working with the Foundation of Ecological Defense (FUNDECOL), positive changes in attitudes surrounding GBV and gender equality were achieved over time – while increasing the role of women as mangrove managers and environmental defenders – in part by empowering women’s collective action to challenge and change gender norms to improve fisheries livelihoods.
Academic paper
Accumulation by dispossession in coastal Ecuador: Shrimp farming, local resistance and the gender structure of mobilizations
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- 2012
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- Sandra Veuthey and Julien-François Gerber
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- Veuthey, S and Gerber, J (2012). Accumulation by dispossession in coastal Ecuador: Shrimp farming, local resistance and the gender structure of mobilizations. Global Environmental Change. Vol 22 Is 3. August 2012, pgs 611-622.
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Academia, Academic paper, Accessing and Controlling Natural Resources, Adaptation and Resilience, Addressing Gender-Based Violence, Advancing Women’s Participation and Leadership, Civil Society, Climate Change, Community, Community-Based Adaptation, Decision Making, Documents and resources, Ecuador, English, External, Fisheries, Latin America and the Caribbean, Mangroves, Protecting Defenders, State Fragility and Climate Resilience, Water, Watershed Management, Wetlands, Wetlands Management
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