Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)

Gender-poverty-environment links: a focus on the links between gender disparity, poverty and environmental degradation is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for improving the lives of poor women and men. Acknowledging the ways in which relat...

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Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/15757617/summary-online-discussion-linking-gender-poverty-environment-sustainable-development-period-may-2-june-17-2011
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spelling okr-10986-110512021-04-23T14:02:53Z Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011) World Bank ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO LAND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADVOCACY AGRICULTURE AUDITS BASIC EDUCATION BIODIVERSITY BIRTH SPACING CAPACITY BUILDING CARBON CHILD MORTALITY CITIZEN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR CLIMATE CHANGE COMMON PROPERTY CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK CUSTOMARY LAW DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION MAKING POSITIONS DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISASTERS ECOLOGY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELDERLY EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EQUAL ACCESS EQUITABLE ACCESS FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FEMALE HEADS FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FERTILITY FOOD INSECURITY FOOD SECURITY FOREST COVER FORESTRY GENDER GENDER ACTION GENDER ANALYSIS GENDER COMPOSITION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DIMENSION GENDER DISPARITY GENDER DIVIDE GENDER EQUALITY GENDER INEQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GENDER ROLES GENDER STEREOTYPES GENDER TRAINING GIRLS HUMAN SECURITY ILLITERACY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INFANT INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS ISSUE OF GENDER LACK OF INFORMATION LAND TENURE LAWS LOGGING MARGINALIZATION MIGRATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTERS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES OLD AGE OPPORTUNITY COSTS PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN POOR FAMILIES POOR WOMEN POPULATION PRESSURE PRACTITIONERS PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC GOOD QUOTAS REDUCING EMISSIONS REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT ROLE OF WOMEN RURAL AREAS RURAL WOMEN SANITATION SEA LEVEL SEX SHELTER SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SUBSISTENCE LIVELIHOODS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH URBAN DEVELOPMENT VIOLENCE VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS WILL WOMAN WOMEN LEADERS WOOD Gender-poverty-environment links: a focus on the links between gender disparity, poverty and environmental degradation is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for improving the lives of poor women and men. Acknowledging the ways in which relationships between the environment, society and the economy are gendered opens space for new approaches to poverty reduction, environmental conservation and gender equality. The Social Development Department (SDV) of the World Bank conducted in-depth studies in Ethiopia and Ghana to advance understanding of the dynamics underlying negative spirals of poverty, environmental degradation, and gender inequality, and how to foster a positive synergy in the sustainable development sector e.g. energy, agriculture, natural resource management, water, urban development, and transport. An important component of the study design was an online discussion within and outside World Bank on findings from the country case studies to ground truth the potential for wider application in other countries; and to collect and share additional good practice cases that address gender-environment-poverty-links from as broad a range of countries as possible. 2012-08-13T13:59:53Z 2012-08-13T13:59:53Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/15757617/summary-online-discussion-linking-gender-poverty-environment-sustainable-development-period-may-2-june-17-2011 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11051 English Social Development Notes CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Ethiopia Ghana
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topic ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADVOCACY
AGRICULTURE
AUDITS
BASIC EDUCATION
BIODIVERSITY
BIRTH SPACING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CHILD MORTALITY
CITIZEN
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CIVIL WAR
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON PROPERTY
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CUSTOMARY LAW
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING POSITIONS
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISASTERS
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ELDERLY
EMPOWERING WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
FERTILITY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST COVER
FORESTRY
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER ANALYSIS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER DIVIDE
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER ROLES
GENDER STEREOTYPES
GENDER TRAINING
GIRLS
HUMAN SECURITY
ILLITERACY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFANT
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
ISSUE OF GENDER
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAND TENURE
LAWS
LOGGING
MARGINALIZATION
MIGRATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OLD AGE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR WOMEN
POPULATION PRESSURE
PRACTITIONERS
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOOD
QUOTAS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
ROLE OF WOMEN
RURAL AREAS
RURAL WOMEN
SANITATION
SEA LEVEL
SEX
SHELTER
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SUBSISTENCE LIVELIHOODS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VIOLENCE
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN LEADERS
WOOD
spellingShingle ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO LAND
ACCESS TO RESOURCES
ADVOCACY
AGRICULTURE
AUDITS
BASIC EDUCATION
BIODIVERSITY
BIRTH SPACING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CARBON
CHILD MORTALITY
CITIZEN
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
CIVIL WAR
CLIMATE CHANGE
COMMON PROPERTY
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
CUSTOMARY LAW
DECENTRALIZATION
DECISION MAKING
DECISION MAKING POSITIONS
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISASTERS
ECOLOGY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
ELDERLY
EMPOWERING WOMEN
EMPOWERMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
EQUAL ACCESS
EQUITABLE ACCESS
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FEMALE HEADS
FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD
FERTILITY
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD SECURITY
FOREST COVER
FORESTRY
GENDER
GENDER ACTION
GENDER ANALYSIS
GENDER COMPOSITION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER DIMENSION
GENDER DISPARITY
GENDER DIVIDE
GENDER EQUALITY
GENDER INEQUALITY
GENDER ISSUES
GENDER ROLES
GENDER STEREOTYPES
GENDER TRAINING
GIRLS
HUMAN SECURITY
ILLITERACY
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
INFANT
INSURANCE
INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
ISSUE OF GENDER
LACK OF INFORMATION
LAND TENURE
LAWS
LOGGING
MARGINALIZATION
MIGRATION
NATIONAL LEVEL
NATURAL DISASTERS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES
OLD AGE
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN
POOR FAMILIES
POOR WOMEN
POPULATION PRESSURE
PRACTITIONERS
PRODUCTIVE RESOURCES
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC GOOD
QUOTAS
REDUCING EMISSIONS
REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
RISK MANAGEMENT
ROLE OF WOMEN
RURAL AREAS
RURAL WOMEN
SANITATION
SEA LEVEL
SEX
SHELTER
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
SUBSISTENCE LIVELIHOODS
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY
SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
VIOLENCE
VULNERABILITY
VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
WILL
WOMAN
WOMEN LEADERS
WOOD
World Bank
Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
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description Gender-poverty-environment links: a focus on the links between gender disparity, poverty and environmental degradation is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for improving the lives of poor women and men. Acknowledging the ways in which relationships between the environment, society and the economy are gendered opens space for new approaches to poverty reduction, environmental conservation and gender equality. The Social Development Department (SDV) of the World Bank conducted in-depth studies in Ethiopia and Ghana to advance understanding of the dynamics underlying negative spirals of poverty, environmental degradation, and gender inequality, and how to foster a positive synergy in the sustainable development sector e.g. energy, agriculture, natural resource management, water, urban development, and transport. An important component of the study design was an online discussion within and outside World Bank on findings from the country case studies to ground truth the potential for wider application in other countries; and to collect and share additional good practice cases that address gender-environment-poverty-links from as broad a range of countries as possible.
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title Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
title_short Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
title_full Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
title_fullStr Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
title_full_unstemmed Summary of the Online Discussion on Linking Gender, Poverty, and Environment for Sustainable Development (May 2 - June 17, 2011)
title_sort summary of the online discussion on linking gender, poverty, and environment for sustainable development (may 2 - june 17, 2011)
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/15757617/summary-online-discussion-linking-gender-poverty-environment-sustainable-development-period-may-2-june-17-2011
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11051
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