Women Reclaiming Sustainable Livelihoods

At a time when the world is reeling from multiple economic and ecological crises, an international cast of ecologists and gender specialists from the Global North and Global South provide a multidisciplinary perspective on gender, sustainability, and livelihoods. With the 20 year review of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to be held in Brazil in 2012, this book boldly reclaims the concept of sustainable livelihoods for women.

Authors from 10 different countries show how women engage in policy decision on climate change and consumptions, managing solidarity economies, farming, micro credit, value chains, and strategies in post-conflict contexts. Review: 'This volume illustrates the breadth and depth of engaged scholarship and critical practice in gender, sustainable development and livelihoods.

It carries an urgent and timely message given the converging food, energy and climate change crises and the rising voices of warning, protest and alternative visions from women and gender activists throughout the world. I highly recommend it to all those engaged in understanding the complexity and multifaceted nature of development, including global and local markets, as well as cultural negotiations of political, economic and environmental change.' - Dianne Rocheleau Professor of Geography, Clark University, USA