TY - JOUR
T1 - A synthesis of convergent reflections, tensions and silences in linking gender and global environmental change research
AU - Iniesta-Arandia, Irene
AU - Ravera, Federica
AU - Buechler, Stephanie
AU - Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel
AU - Fernández-Giménez, María E.
AU - Reed, Maureen G.
AU - Thompson-Hall, Mary
AU - Wilmer, Hailey
AU - Aregu, Lemlem
AU - Cohen, Philippa
AU - Djoudi, Houria
AU - Lawless, Sarah
AU - Martín-López, Berta
AU - Smucker, Thomas
AU - Villamor, Grace B.
AU - Wangui, Elizabeth Edna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, The Author(s).
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1007/s13280-016-0843-0
DO - 10.1007/s13280-016-0843-0
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 27878537
AN - SCOPUS:84996559072
SN - 0044-7447
VL - 45
SP - 383
EP - 393
JO - Ambio
JF - Ambio
ER -