Women and the Environment in Developing Countries. Briefing Paper.

Autor/inn/en	Yih, Katherine; Brower, Michael
Institution	Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, MA.
Titel	Women and the Environment in Developing Countries. Briefing Paper.
Quelle	(1994), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Conservation (Environment); Developing Nations; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Females; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Policy Formation; Population Growth; Quality of Life; Rural Development; Sex Discrimination; Sex Role; Sustainable Development; Womens Education; World Problems + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Globales Denken; Politische Betätigung; Population increase; Bevölkerungswachstum; Lebensqualität; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Geschlechterrolle; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Weltproblem
Abstract	In much of the nonindustrialized world, women are the main providers of water, fuel, food, and other basic necessities, and thus often play the part of environmental managers. Because they are more directly connected to the environment, women are the most directly affected by environmental degradation, yet rarely have women been heard in discussions about global environmental problems. Economic development projects generally ignore women's needs and knowledge; most are oriented toward the expansion of cash economies and income generation, which often undermines stable subsistence economies, and displaces poor rural people who are then forced to destroy their own environment to survive. The solution to rapid population growth, also a factor in environmental degradation, centers on the need to improve levels of education and economic and social opportunities for women and girls. The importance of women in development and environmental management is being increasingly recognized by governments, lending institutions, and international development agencies, such as the World Bank, which has announced the education of girls as a top priority in its lending programs. Few tasks offer the potential for such sweeping improvements in both environmental protection and the quality of life around the world as does ensuring the equality of women. (TD)
Anmerkungen	Publications Dept. BP, Union of Concerned Scientists, 26 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02238 (single copies free; additional copies, $0.20 each).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC