A synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research
Iniesta Arandia, Irene (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Ecología)
Ravera, Federica (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i d'Aplicacions Forestals)
Buechler, Stephanie (University of Arizona.School of Geography and Development)
Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Fernández Giménez, María E. (Colorado State University. Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship)
Reed, Maureen G. (University of Saskatchewan)
Thompson Hall, Mary (International START Secretariat (Washington))
Wilmer, Hailey (Colorado State University. Department of Forest & Rangeland Stewardship)
Aregu, Lemlem (Worldfish. Yangon (Myanmar))
Cohen, Philippa (WorldFish. Bayan Lepas (Malaysia))
Djoudi, Houria (Centre for International Forestry Research. Bogor Barat (Indonesia))
Lawless, Sarah (WorldFish. Bayan Lepas (Malaysia))
Martínez López, Berta (Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research)
Smucker, Thomas (Ohio University. Department of Geography)
Villamor, Grace B. (University of Bonn. Center for Development Research)
Wangui, Elizabeth Edna (Ohio University. Department of Geography)

Date:	2016
Abstract:	This synthesis article joins the authors of the special issue "Gender perspectives in resilience, vulnerability and adaptation to global environmental change" in a common reflective dialogue about the main contributions of their papers. In sum, here we reflect on links between gender and feminist approaches to research in adaptation and resilience in global environmental change (GEC). The main theoretical contributions of this special issue are threefold: emphasizing the relevance of power relations in feminist political ecology, bringing the livelihood and intersectionality approaches into GEC, and linking resilience theories and critical feminist research. Empirical insights on key debates in GEC studies are also highlighted from the nine cases analysed, from Europe,the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific. Further, the special issue also contributes to broaden the gender approach in adaptation to GEC by incorporating research sites in the Global North alongside sites from the Global South. This paper examines and compares the main approaches adopted (e. g. qualitative or mixed methods) and the methodological challenges that derive from intersectional perspectives. Finally, key messages for policy agendas and further research are drawn from the common reflection.
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Feminist political ecology ; Global environmental change ; Intersectionality ; Reciprocity ; Reflexivity
Published in:	Ambio, Vol. 45, issue 3s (Dec. 2016) , p. 383s-393s, ISSN 1654-7209

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0843-0
PMID: 27878537

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