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Chapter 1.3 Women Environment
Chapter 1.3 Women Environment
Chapter 1.3
Gender and
Environment
GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE GREEN CULTURE
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Introduction
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Brief History
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Brief History
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Brief History
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A strategy for developing
policies, legislation, program,
projects, society and
community’s development
plans from gender equality
perspective in order to
benefit both women and
men.
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GENDER MAINSTREAMING IN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
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Gender and Water
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The goals of gender mainstreaming for water resources
management are:
to ensure that women and men have equal representation in
decision-making with regards to the use of water resources and
sanitation at all levels;
to ensure that women and men have equal representation in
decision-making with regards to policy and policy instruments
aiming at improving water management at all levels; and
to ensure that all policies and policy measures take into
consideration the gender impact of water scarcity and pollution.
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Gender and Energy
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The goals of gender mainstreaming for energy projects are:
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• To identify new possibilities of improving income and employment for
both women and men that could be brought about by new sources of
energy and/or new energy efficient methods and technologies.
• To ensure that men and women have equal opportunity for learning
and information acquisition regarding the links between energy
production and consumption, environmental degradation and feasible
solutions of existing problems.
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Gender and Land Management
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The goals of gender mainstreaming for
land management initiatives are:
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Aim for gender-balanced division of
labor in sustainable land management;
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Gender and Chemical Management
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Social factors, primarily gender-determined occupational
roles and household responsibilities have a direct impact on
human exposure to toxic chemicals, including the kinds of
chemicals encountered as well as the level and frequency of
such exposures.
The biological factors, notably size and physiological
differences between women and men and between adults
and children, also influence susceptibility to health damage
from exposure to toxic chemicals.
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The goals of gender mainstreaming in
chemicals management are:
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Gender and Climate Change
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The goals of gender mainstreaming in climate change are:
• To ensure that women and men participate equally in
decision-making with regards to policy and policy instruments
aiming to improve the adaptation capacities of communities.
• To ensure that women and men participate equally in
decision-making with regards to policy and policy instruments
aiming to mitigate the risk of drastic climate change and
destruction of ecosystems at all levels.
• To ensure that all policies and policy measures take into
consideration the gender impact of climate change.
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Gender and Waste Management
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Main issues and entry points for gender mainstreaming in urban waste
management are:
Integrating a gender perspective in assessment studies, planning,
implementation and monitoring of waste management projects. This should
include a gender specific analysis of how available waste and resources
are valued and used.
Consultations prior to the introduction of new policies, procedures and
technologies and equal representation of women and men in these
consultations.
Creation of equal opportunities for men and women to benefit from the
awareness-raising and training initiatives for waste management.
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Gender and Local Environmental
Governance
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References
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