Around the world, rooted in discriminatory gender norms and shrouded in impunity, gender-based violence (GBV) occurs in all societies as a means of control, subjugation and exploitation that further feeds gender inequality. Across environment issues and sectors, GBV is interlinked with environmental threats.
Academic paper
Threats to the environment are interlinked with gender-based violence across multiple contexts
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- 2020
Author:
- Jamie Wen
Organization:
- IUCN
Citation:
- Wen, J. (2020). "Threats to the environment are interlinked with gender-based violence across multiple contexts." International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) [blog]. Available at: https://www.iucn.org/news/gender/202001/threats-environment-are-interlinked-gender-based-violence-across-multiple-contexts
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Accessing and Controlling Natural Resources, Addressing Gender-Based Violence, AGENT, Blog, Blog and Web stories, Brief, Building Gender Knowledge and Capacities, Climate Change, Conservation Case, Deforestation and Degradation, Documents and resources, English, Extractives, Filling Knowledge and Data Gaps, Firewood Collection, Forests, GBV Center, Global, Illegal Mining, Indigenous Women, IUCN, Making the Case, Social Inclusion and Intersectionality, Women Environmental Human Rights Defenders
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