Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development: The Unhappy Marriage of Engendering Policy and Practice

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Abstract

The terminal ending of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) with a claim to a ‘revolutionary but realistic agenda’ failed to deliver in any substantive way. We now embark on appraising and negotiating to implement a new agenda with the launch of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in 2015. While there were 8 MDGs, SDGs consist of more ambitious 17 goals, and while the former focused on developing non-western nations, the latter now requires all nations to work towards a global development agenda. The UN claims that the SDG fund underwriting this global agenda is a game changer; so how does that work in practical terms especially when it comes to SDG5—the commitment to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMixed Methods and Cross Disciplinary Research
Subtitle of host publicationTowards Cultivating Eco Systemic Living
EditorsJanet McIntyre-Mills, Norma Romm
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Chapter15
Pages349-360
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783030049928
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2019

Keywords

  • gender
  • environment
  • gender equality
  • SDG5
  • sustainable development
  • policy
  • aid programs

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