Climate change and sustainable technology: re-linking poverty, gender, and governance

This article examines the role of sustainable technology in tackling climate change in developing countries. Drawing on solar home systems in Bangladesh as an example, it argues that increasing women's visibility in technology committees is not necessarily effective in challenging gender stereo...

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Published in:Gender and development 2009-03, Vol.17 (1), p.95-108
Main Author: Wong, Sam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Climate Change
Committees
Communities
gender
Gender roles
governance
institution
Men
Poverty
Power
Sex Stereotypes
Sexual Inequality
Solar houses
Sustainable Development
Sustainable technology
Technology
Technology policy
Women
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Summary:This article examines the role of sustainable technology in tackling climate change in developing countries. Drawing on solar home systems in Bangladesh as an example, it argues that increasing women's visibility in technology committees is not necessarily effective in challenging gender stereotypes. Crafting new rules may fail to confront power inequalities. Sustainable technology can exert additional workloads on women. This article proposes a gender-sensitive framework for technological interventions, suggesting that extra resources are needed to strengthen institutions at the post-project stage, and that developing alternative livelihood strategies with poor people is crucial to reduce their reliance on local elites for survival.
ISSN:1355-2074
1364-9221
DOI:10.1080/13552070802696953