Gender and the environment: Women's time use as a measure of environmental change

Women are thought to have a multiplicity of roles as agents, victims and saviours in relation to environmental change. This paper takes an innovative approach to the study of gender and the environment by utilizing women's time use as a surrogate measure of changes in gender roles under conditi...

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Published in:Global environmental change 1995-09, Vol.5 (4), p.337-346
Main Authors: Awumbila, Mariama, Momsen, Janet Henshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Africa South of the Sahara
Africa, Northern
Africa, Western
Americas
Asia
Burkina Faso
Caribbean
Caribbean Region
Conservation of Natural Resources
Demography
Developing Countries
Disasters
Economics
Environment
Environmental degradation
Feminism
Gender differentiation
Gender roles
Ghana
Health Manpower
Interpersonal Relations
Middle East
North America
Population
Population Dynamics
Seasons
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Time Factors
Water Supply
Women
Women's role
Women's work
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Summary:Women are thought to have a multiplicity of roles as agents, victims and saviours in relation to environmental change. This paper takes an innovative approach to the study of gender and the environment by utilizing women's time use as a surrogate measure of changes in gender roles under conditions of environmental stress. Case studies are drawn from dryland areas of Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Ghana, the Sudan and the Caribbean. There is considerable evidence that women have shorter hours of rest than men, that gender roles are becoming more flexible and that environmental degradation increases women's workload.
ISSN:0959-3780
1872-9495
DOI:10.1016/0959-3780(95)00068-Y