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Women and Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability in Geographic Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 9862

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Erika Cornelius Smith

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Guest Editor
Political Science and International Business Department, Nichols College, Dudley, MA 01571-5000, USA
Interests: women’s citizenship and political activism through transnational social organizations, civic bodies, and educational institutions in the early 20th century

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Women, who make up half of the world’s population, have benefited from progress in the areas of economic and social development over the last three decades. Nevertheless, they continue to be overrepresented among the world’s most vulnerable groups, as access to resources and power remains highly skewed towards men. Gender equality is a goal in its own right, but most international organizations now acknowledge that it is also a key factor for sustainable economic growth, social development, and environmental sustainability.

International organizations have noted twelve areas of concern specifically related to gender and sustainability: (1) women and poverty, (2) education and training of women, (3) women and health, (4) violence against women, (5) women and armed conflict, (6) women and the economy, (7) women in power and decision-making, (8) institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women, (9) human rights of women, (10) women and the media, (11) women and the environment, and (12) the girl child. Gender equality in each of these areas is fundamental to delivering on the promises of sustainability, peace, and human progress.

This Special Issue of Sustainability invites contributions that evaluate the relationship between women and sustainability in the areas noted above.

Dr. Erika Cornelius Smith
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • women
  • gender
  • sustainability
  • development
  • social development
  • human rights
  • poverty
  • health
  • institutions

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The Role of Women in a Family Economy. A Bibliometric Analysis in Contexts of Poverty
by Víctor Meseguer-Sánchez, Gabriel López-Martínez, Valentín Molina-Moreno and Luis Jesús Belmonte-Ureña
Sustainability 2020, 12(24), 10328; https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410328 - 10 Dec 2020
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The concept of family economy in the context of extreme poverty is of interest when it comes to analyzing the strategies displayed to prevent or reduce the effects of this situation of exclusion. Gender roles in the nucleus of the family institution will [...] Read more.
The concept of family economy in the context of extreme poverty is of interest when it comes to analyzing the strategies displayed to prevent or reduce the effects of this situation of exclusion. Gender roles in the nucleus of the family institution will indicate the distribution of these tasks, so that we can understand, in the case of the role of women, the specific weight of their actions in this scenario. For this work, an investigation of our object of study was carried out for the period 1968–2019. A bibliometric analysis of 2182 articles was carried out in which the final versions of articles, books, and book chapters whose subject matter was related to the categories of family economy and poverty were included. The most productive journal was the Journal of Development Economics, while World Economies was the most cited. The authors with the most articles were Ravaillon, Sadoulet, and Lanjouw. The most productive institution was the World Bank. The country with the most publications and citations was the United States. Future research should focus on analyzing the role of women within the family economy in the context of poverty. Thus, a line of research is proposed that also includes the proposals from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which means an urgent call for action by all countries. Full article
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Connecting Public Policies for Family Farmers and Women’s Empowerment: The Case of the Brazilian Semi-Arid
by Emily Aparecida Ferreira Brandão, Thiago da Rocha Santos and Stephan Rist
Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 5961; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12155961 - 24 Jul 2020
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The role played by women in worldwide food production and food security has reinvigorated debates about the recognition of women’s rights in the rural sector regarding better working conditions and the reduction of gender inequalities. In the 1980s, the social movement in Brazil [...] Read more.
The role played by women in worldwide food production and food security has reinvigorated debates about the recognition of women’s rights in the rural sector regarding better working conditions and the reduction of gender inequalities. In the 1980s, the social movement in Brazil restructured the politics in the agrarian sector by integrating farmers’ rights and women’s demands. Against this background, the objective of this study is to analyze, through the actors’ perspectives, whether and how the combination of public policies for family farmers affected the socio-economic and political empowerment of women. Our case study covers family farmers from traditional communities located in the Brazilian semi-arid. The results show that women achieved economic stability by participating in public food procurement programmes. In addition, access to cisterns released women from the daily work of collecting water. Women became more involved with political issues, increasing participation in institutions such as NGOs, associations and cooperatives. Among the negative aspects, the study found that the sexual division of labor increased within the household context, and, despite being fundamental for ensuring household food security, women still struggle to have access to the means of production. Full article
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