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Politics of the Olive Branch: Environmental Peacebuilding and the Nexus of Natural Resources, Violent Conflict, and Peace Nexus of Natural Resources, Violent Conflict, and Peace
Briefs & Development
At the intersection of the natural environment, conflict, and peace, the study and practice of environmental peacebuilding rests on the recognition that thoughtful management and…
Status of Gender Equality in Ocean Research, Conservation and Management Institutions and Organisations in Kenya
Briefs & Development
Gender equality is key to achieving the objectives of the United Nation’s Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. In patriarchal societies, men’s dominance has…
Breaking the Bias: How to Deliver Gender Equity in Conservation
Briefs & Development
My career in conservation spans more than 20 countries, and workplaces ranging from universities, governments and consultancies to community-based and global non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Beyond the Bean: Analyzing Diversified Farming, Food Security, Dietary Diversity, and Gender in Nicaragua's Smallholders Coffee Cooperatives
Briefs & Development
Diversification is key for agroecological transformations, but little is known about how it relates to farmers’ dietary diversity and food sovereignty. Our team and coffee…
Beyond Farming Women: Queering Gender, Work and Family Farms
Briefs & Development
The issue of gender and agriculture has been on the research agendas of civil society organisations, governments, and academia since the 1970s. Starting from the…
Resilience, Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Transitional Justice
Briefs & Development
This interdisciplinary book constitutes the first major and comparative study of resilience focused on victims-/survivors of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Locating resilience in the relationships…
A Mediation Analysis of the Linkages Between Climate Variability, Water Insecurity, and Interpersonal Violence
Briefs & Development
Numerous studies have examined the effects of climate change on many aspects of both human health and violence. Fewer studies have investigated the links between…
Gender, Conflict and Climate Change: Dissecting Gendered Vulnerabilities of Small Holder Farmers Due to Climate Change in the Eastern Province Sri Lanka
Briefs & Development
Batticaloa district, which is situated in the Eastern coast of Sri Lanka is identified as one of the most climate vulnerable districts in Sri Lanka…
An In-Depth Analysis of Climate Change as a Driver of Natural Resource Conflict: A Study in Sambang—The Gambia
Briefs & Development
Climate change is one of the most underreported triggers of conflict. The menace did not only cause crop failures and a decline in agricultural productivity…
Networking for Gender Equitable Climate-Smart Agriculture
Briefs & Development
Climate change presents a grave and growing threat to the productivity and resilience of smallholder farming systems, impacts on which are already being felt in…
The Impacts of Women's Land Ownership: Evidence From Vietnam
Briefs & Development
Women's equal access to and control over economic resources such as land are integral to achieve gender equality and sustainable economic development. This study evaluates…
COVID-19, Gender and Health: Recentring Women in African Indigenous Health Discourses in Zimbabwe for Environmental Conservation
Briefs & Development
In precolonial Africa, women were the major authorities in herbal remedies within their own homes and at the community level, where they focused on disease…
Taking Stock of Gender Gaps in Crop Production Technology Adoption and Technical Efficiency in Ghana
Briefs & Development
There is a strong linkage between agricultural performance and economic growth in developing countries. However, the gain from agriculture disproportionately trickles down to the poor…
A New Theory of Globalization, Natural Resource Extraction and Violence Against Women: Toward Solving the Linkage Problem
Briefs & Development
A small, but growing, body of criminological knowledge shows that natural resource extraction activities contribute to violence against women in rural and remote areas, but…
Gender Gap in the Impact of Social Capital on Household Food Security in Zimbabwe: Does Spatial Proximity Matter?
Briefs & Development
Despite the numerous strides that have been made towards ensuring food security since the launch of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the gap…
Clean Energy Access: Gender Disparity, Health and Labour Supply
Briefs & Development
Women bear a disproportionate share of the health and time burden associated with lack of access to modern energy. We study the impact of clean…
Gender and Climate Change: A Sustainable Tourism Perspective
Briefs & Development
The aim of this article is to examine whether female tourism entrepreneurs are more interested in climate change than male entrepreneurs are as part of…
Gender, Climate Change and Food Insecurity: A Zimbabwean Rastafari Perspective
Briefs & Development
The global climate change crisis has a direct bearing on the imbalances affecting the ecosystem including food security. In Africa, the theme of food security…
Beyond the Bean: Analyzing Diversified Farming, Food Security, Dietary Diversity, and Gender in Nicaragua’s Smallholders Coffee Cooperatives
Briefs & Development
Diversification is key for agroecological transformations, but little is known about how it relates to farmers’ dietary diversity and food sovereignty. Our team and coffee…
“Why Should a Married Man Fetch Water?” Masculinities, Gender relations, and the Embodied Political Ecology of Urban Water Insecurity in Malawi
Briefs & Development
In sub-Saharan Africa, water insecurity is intertwined with gender and sociocultural norms. While extensive scholarship exists on gender-water relations in the region, it predominantly focuses…
Rethinking Food Regime as Gender Regime: Agrarian Change and the Politics of Social Reproduction
Briefs & Development
This paper presents a synthetic reading of the food regime and gender regime concepts to consider current trends in deagrarianization. Its goal is to articulate…
The Roles of Organic Farming, Renewable Energy, and Corruption on Biodiversity Crisis: A European Perspective
Briefs & Development
The loss of biodiversity has profound implications for nature’s contributions to people and their health. This study intends to examine the factors responsible for biodiversity…
Women’s Empowerment to Alleviate Poverty in Coastal Zones: A Case Study of Fisherwomen in Pacitan, Indonesia
Briefs & Development
The purpose of this study is to identify problems that affect the empowerment of fisherwomen and to analyze the role of stakeholders in the process…
Gender and Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Rural Highlands of Ethiopia: Where Are the Trade-Offs?
Library
The introduction of modern bioenergy alternatives is promoted to address water–energy–food (WEF) security in the rural highlands of Ethiopia. While the role of women in…
Applying a Gender Lens to Biodiversity Conservation in High Asia
Library
Community-based conservation efforts represent an important approach to facilitate the coexistence of people and wildlife. A concern, however, is that these efforts build on existing…
Droughts and Welfare in Afghanistan
Briefs & Development
his paper studies the effect of the 2018 drought on household consumption and poverty in Afghanistan, a semi-arid and conflict-affected country. The paper combines geolocated…
Environment and Security in the 21st Century
Briefs & Development
Environment and Security positions itself as an interdisciplinary, international, peer-reviewed journal responding to a broader interest in the topic. It is committed to theoretical and…
Women & Water
Library
International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to bring attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence…
Women & Water
Library
International Women’s Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to bring attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence…
Gender Perspectives on Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Services Flow in Kwale County, Kenya
Briefs & Development
The continuous flow of ecosystem services (ESs) within coastal and marine ecosystems supports communities' well-being and security by harnessing required resources such as seafood that…