Women and Natural Resource Management: The Overview of a Pan-Commonwealth Training ModuleCommonwealth Secretariat, 1996 - 68 pages The overview is intended to deepen the understanding of women's roles in environmental and natural resource management. It examines the conceptual and practical connections between gender and the environment, presents an overview of women and natural resource management issues in the Commonwealth, and presents relevant recommendations on women and environmental issues emanating from Commonwealth and international sources. |
Contents
Gender the environment and sustainable development | 9 |
General effects of environmental problems on womens health | 16 |
Case studies on women and natural resource management in | 26 |
Section 4 | 43 |
Appendix III | 56 |
Nongovernmental organisations NGOs working on women | 66 |
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