Why women will save the planet / Friends of the Earth and C40 Cities ; edited by Jenny Hawley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawley, Jenny, editor.

Friends of the Earth, issuing body.

C40 Cities, issuing body.

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women environmentalists.

Environmentalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Zed Books, 2018.

Summary:

"Cities across the globe are growing fast. Today many are environmental nightmares with polluted air, excessive energy consumption and an absence of nature. But big cities don't have to mean a dystopian future. They can be turned around to be powerhouses of well-being and environmental stability - if we empower women. This book is a unique collaboration between C40 and Friends of the Earth showcasing pioneering voices in the environmental and feminist movements. This book reveals just how women's empowerment is critical to environmental sustainability. This book is a rallying call - for the planet, for women, for everyone."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Jenny Hawley - Introduction

1. Diane Elson, University of Essex - Women's empowerment and environmental sustainability in the context of international UN agreements

2. Wanjira Maathai, Green Belt Movement, Kenya - Women as drivers of forest restoration to combat climate change

3. Lyla Mehta and Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - Why do gender equality and sustainability go hand in hand?4. Caroline Lucas, UK Green Party MP - Is there a specific role for women in helping to achieve environmental sustainability through politics?5. Susan Buckingham, Feminist geographer, Brunel University - The institutionalisation and masculinisation of environmental knowledge

6. Yvonne Orengo, Andrew Lees Trust - Media empowering women in southern Madagascar

7. Julie A. Nelson, Economist, University of Massachusetts Boston - Empowering a balanced and useful economics of sustainability: the role of gender

8. Anna Fitzpatrick, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London - The role of fashion in bringing about social and ecological change

9. Celia Alldridge, Activist with the World March of Women - How the defence of the commons and territories has become a core part of feminist, anti-capitalist struggles

10. Vandana Shiva, Philosopher, activist and co-author of Ecofeminism - Hand in hand: women's empowerment and sustainability

11. Quinn Bernier, Chiara Kovarik, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing, International Food Policy Research Institute - Women's empowerment in sustainable agriculture

12. Isabel Bottoms and Amena Sharaf, Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights - The impacts of environmental mismanagement on Egypt's poor

13. Nathalie Holvoet and Liesbeth Inberg, University of Antwerp - How gender-sensitive are National Adaptation Programmes of Action? Selected findings from a desk review of thirty-one sub-Saharan African countries

14. Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare and Fatima Jibrell, NGO leaders - Women, conflict and the environment in Somali society

15. Esther Mwangi, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Gender, participation and community forestry: lessons from beneath the canopy

16. Barbara Stocking, Former CEO of Oxfam GB - Putting gender equality at the heart of Oxfam's work

17. Nidhi Tandon, Networked Intelligence for Development, Canada - From individual to communal rights: empowering women for sustainable use of natural resources

18. Maria Mies, Sociologist, activist and co-author of Ecofeminism - Mother Earth

19. Sarah Fisher, Population and Sustainability Network - Sexual and reproductive health and rights: a win-win for women and sustainability

20. Kate Metcalf and colleagues, UK Women's Environmental Network - The power of grassroots action for women's empowerment and the environment

21. Marylyn Haines Evans, National Federation of Women's Institutes - One hundred years of collective action for environmental change

22. Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy - The impact of gender balance in the renewable energy sector

23. Emma Howard Boyd, 30% Club for women in business leadership - More women in business for a sustainable economy

24. Fiona Reynolds, Former director general of the National Trust - Sustainability is about people

25. Cathy Newman, Journalist and TV presenter for Channel 4 News, UK - Sexism and gender equality in British politics

26. Sarah Richardson, Historian, University of Warwick - Mistresses of their own destiny: a history of women's empowerment in nineteenth-century British politics

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781350224001

1350224006

9781783605811

1783605812

OCLC:

1021147074