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This book brings forest dwellers' own differentiated perspectives to current rainforest debates. After reviewing changing conservation agendas, and gender and environment approaches, it draws on detailed fieldwork to examine the importance of forest resources to local economy and society, and how dynamic gender relations condition women's and men's different environmental relations. It shows that neither an understanding of forest use and change, nor adequate conservation policies, can be achieved without a concern for gender.
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RAINFOREST RELATIONS: GENDER AND RESOURCE USE AMONG THE MENDE OF GOLA, SIERRA LEONE Melissa Leach Edinburgh University Press 1994 272pp ISBN 0 7486 0493 6 £39.50 hardback - International African Library 13. Published in association with the International African

Karen J. Warren (Ed.)
This book explores the real-life, experiential concerns that have motivated ecofeminism as a grassroots, women-initiated movement around the globe. Scholars in a range of academic disciplines and vocational fields-including anthropology, biology, chemical engineering, education, environmental studies, philosophy and literature-critically examine the application and appropriateness of ecofeminism to their research and to the people whose lives are touched by it.
1997. 454 pages. ISBN 0-253-21057-7 WE314Z US$24.95

 

	ECOFEMINISM: WOMEN, CULTURE, NATURE
	WOMEN, LAND AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Rekha Mehra, ICRW Working paper Series No. 1, 1995, 48 pages, $ 4.00 Order from: International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), 1717 Massachuchets Avenue NW, Suite 302, Washington, DC 20036, USA, Tel +1 202 797 0007, Fax +1 202 797 0020, icrw@igc.apc.org
	THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN IN CO-MANAGEMENT LANDCARE GROUPS Posted: 22-07-98 MAF Policy technical paper http://www.maf.govt.nz/MAFnet/publications/womlc/httoc.htm This report concludes that co-management groups need to embrace a balance of social, economic and environmental issues in order to cater for the interests of both women and men. Due to their experiences of gendered division of labour, women have different environmental concerns which are often linked to health and family well-being.

WOMEN WORKING IN THE ENVIRONMENT: RESOURCEFUL NATURES Edited by Carolyn Sachs, Published October 1997 Series on Ecology, Natural Resource Management, and the Environment This reader debates whether men and women respond differently to the environment and how this effects conservation, pollution, land use, and other critical environmental issues. The three questions dealt with are: how women relate to nature, what are the similarities between the domination of women and the domination of nature, and how can women help solve ecological problems. The papers in this book discuss these issues in a wide variety of contexts and present case studies from around the world. Ideal for undergraduate and graduate classes, chapters are organised around conceptual issues for classroom use. http://www.tandf.co.uk/books/environment/womenwrk.htm

PEACE FOR HOMES, HOMES FOR PEACE: INTER-REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON WOMEN'S LAND/PROPERTY RIGHTS UNDER SITUATIONS OF CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION An inter-regional consultation focusing on women's land/property rights in situations of war and conflict was held in Kigali, Rwanda from 16 to 19 February 1998. The consultation, hosted by the Government of Rwanda, was jointly organized by the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP - Rwanda), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). 20 January 1998 - Peace for Homes, Homes for Peace: Inter-Regional Consultation on Women's Land/Property Rights Under Situations of Conflict and Reconstruction http://www.unhabitat.org/press/chs9802.htm

WOMEN´S ACCESS, CONTROL AND TENURE OF LAND, PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT ABSTRACT Ewa Qvist - Sweden (1998) Both in Bejing (UN 1995) and Istanbul (Habitat 1996) the participating delegates from many nations stressed the need to improve women´s equitable access to and control of land, property and settlement. But how is it the situation today in reality? And what can be done to increase women´s control of land? This paper features a short overview from different cultures in the world and an account of the obstacles faced by women. Qvist provides some practical advice on how to achieve equitable access to and control of land, property and settlement. http://sunspot.sli.unimelb.edu.au/fig7/Brighton98/Comm7Papers/TS26-Qvist.html

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities Forty-ninth session Item 7 of the provisional agenda By its decision 1997/114 of 13 April 1997, the Commission on Human Rights, at its fifty-third session, taking note of resolution 1996/38 of 29 August 1996 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities approved the appointment of Mrs. Erica-Irene Daes as Special Rapporteur to prepare a working paper on indigenous people and their relationship to land with a view to suggesting practical measures to address ongoing problems in this regard. The present preliminary working paper will form the foundation for and the framework of a more comprehensive final working paper. The working paper intends to elaborate upon the problems which exist regarding indigenous land issues, with a view to contributing to increased understanding between indigenous peoples and States concerning indigenous land issues, providing assistance for their just solution, and facilitating the further elaboration of the provisions relevant to land rights contained in the draft United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples (Sub-Commission resolution 1994/45, annex). http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu4/subrep/97sc17.htm

WOMEN'S AND MEN'S RIGHTS TO AND CONTROL OF LAND AND PROPERTY IN EASTERN AFRICA Diana Lee-Smith, August 1995 It is the purpose of this paper to examine women's and men's relationship to land and property in the context of this history. In particular, the impacts this history has had on women's current perceptions of, and relationships to, land, property and men will be elucidated. Strategies that women have developed in response to their lack of power in patrilineal societies will be examined. Based on the analysis made, recommendations on a gender sensitive land and property policy will be outlined, in relation to current social and legal structures in Kenya in particular. These may have a wider relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. http://www.lm.se/habitat/smith.html

WOMEN'S ACCESS, CONTROL AND TENURE OF LAND, PROPERTY AND SETTLEMENT This report is the result of the workshop on "Women's access, control and tenure of land, property and settlement". The workshop was held in Gävle, Sweden the 9th to the 11th of October, 1995. http://www.lm.se/habitat/introduction.html

A Manual for the Africa Region. 1992. 176 pages. ISBN 0-85092-465-0 WE326Z US$10.95
A Manual for the Asia Region. 1996. 144 pages. ISBN 0-85092-481-2 WE327Z US$10.95
A Manual for the South Pacific Region. 1996. 141 pages. ISBN 0-85092-464-2 WE328Z US$10.95
A Manual for the Caribbean Region. 1996. 116 pages. ISBN 0-85092-486-3 WE329Z US$10.95

THE PAN-COMMONWEALTH TRAINING MODULE ON WOMEN AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT This Training Module examines issues in gender and natural resources, and explains how extension workers, trainers and policy-makers in government, institutions and NGOs can make use of women's knowledge for effective resource management. The overview provides a concise review of women and natural resource management; discusses the linkages between gender and environ-mental management; and provides analytical tools to help policy makers evaluate the implications of these linkages. It should ideally be used in conjunction with one of the region manuals, each of which reviews the problems of environmental degradation in the region, and discusses appropriate approaches for working with rural women. Extensive examples; photographs and illustrations; training activities; figures and vignettes. 1996. 68 pages. ISBN 0850-92-489-8. WE 325Z US$8.95