Search Results - Discourse on Inequality

Social forestry in Southeast Asia: Evolving interests, discourses and the many notions of equity by Wong, Grace Y., Moeliono, M., Bong, I.W., Pham Thu Thuy, Sahide, M.A.K., Naito, D., Brockhaus, Maria

“…The formal SF schemes involve shifting or reinforcing old discourses around forest problems and possible solutions, territorialization processes that can lead to inequities in the exclusion of rights, participation and access, and risks exacerbating contestations and inequities in claims to forest land and resources.…”
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Pastoral adaptation and policy environment: How discourses shape knowledge, policy and adaptation by Crane, Todd A., Meunier, Julien

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A pandemic revealing another : Colombian indigenous women in the national COVID-19 discourse by Gallisai, Francesca

“…By drawing on feminist postcolonial theory and implementing discourse analysis to engage with policy and public discourse that include concerns for Colombian indigenous women under the pandemic, the purpose of this study is to contribute to discussions on how politics (in this case related to the pandemic) can reinforce gendered and ethnicized oppressions. …”

Beyond dichotomies: Gender and intersecting inequalities in climate change studies by Djoudi, H., Locatelli, Bruno, Vaast, C., Asher, K., Brockhaus, Maria, Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika

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The Climate Security Inequality Nexus: A critical analysis of pathways and synergies by Dutta Gupta, Tanaya, Schapendonk, Frans, Suza, Ma, Phuong Le, Dung, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…Focusing on the central role of inequality as a driver, an outcome, and an intermediary variable in the climate-security-inequality nexus, this paper attempts to connect dots that have remained relatively underexamined in existing discourse. …”
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Overcoming inequalities without challenging women’s loyalty to the indigenous community : case study in the Indigenous Community Nasa Kiwe, Colombia by Sandoval Ferro, Blanca Iris

“…However, the unequal power relations that women experience to participate in the social and political life of their communities lose attention in front of the discourses of these broader issues. Thus, the present thesis aims to understand how indigenous women reconcile the loyalty to their communities, while needing to bring up inequalities they experience. …”

Examining the promise of ‘the local’ for improving gender equality in agriculture and climate change adaptation by Acosta, Mariola, Wessel, Margit van, Bommel, Severine van, Feindt, Peter

“…Using data from national and sub-national policy actors in Uganda (37 semi-structured interviews, 78 questionnaires), the study found that policy actors largely adhered to global gender discourses in proposing context-specific solutions to gender inequality. …”
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From feminism to gender equality by Huynh, Samantha

“…This not only obscures the struggles of those who fall outside of this description but also reproduces the notion that inequality only exists between women and men. This study suggests that there is a lack of intersectional perspectives to understand the complexity of inequality and marginalisation in regards to energy policy in Sweden and that future research could take this into consideration.…”
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Vilse i paradoxen by Fröjd, Linnea, Wendel, Sofia

“…Furthermore, the study examines possible consequences of ideal planning approaches in regard of power relations within planning practice and the social inequality of the city. The theoretical and methodological framework of the study is merely based on discourse theory. …”
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Gender and Climate change Action Plan for Mali by Chioma, Ogwuike, Dossou-Yovo. E. R

“…Gender dynamics are integral to the climate change discourse in Mali, as men, women, and youth play distinctly disproportionate roles in agriculture. …”
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The Dilemma of Scale: competing imperatives for global restoration by Sigman, E.

“…I explore how this dilemma perpetuates systems of global inequality and inhibits efforts to effectively animate initiatives like the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. …”
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Gender justice and food security in India: A review by Rao, Nitya, Pradhan, Mamata, Roy, Devesh

“…There is ample evidence to suggest a strong correlation between gender inequality and food and nutrition insecurity, yet the policy discourse around food and nutrition security in India has largely been gender-blind. …”
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Climate Change and Gender Action Plan of Mali by Ogwuike, Philomenaa, Dossou-Yovo Elliott Ronalda

“…Gender relations are central in climate change discourse in Mali as men, women and youths play distinctly disproportionate roles in agriculture in Mali. …”
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Crop production diversity or market access?: Welfare outcomes among sorghum-growing households in rural Kenya and Uganda by Narmandakh, Davaatseren, Marenya, Paswel, Opie, Hellen, Bett, Charles

“…Promoting market participation alone may heighten inequality if market infrastructure is weak.…”
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Assessing the environmental justice of water projects and reforms in the rural south: a co-exploration of institutions and myths. [Abstract only]. by Venot, Jean-Philippe, Clement, Floriane

“…Global environmental justice discourses need to recognize that the fairness of any intervention is shaped by, and depends on, the vantage point considered to effectively address current issues of inequality.…”
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Att bygga Malmö helt by Hartman Magnusson, Ylva, Karlberg, Elsa

“…The material is then analyzed through critical discourse analysis. We discuss the discursive practices that produce and reproduce the conceptions of social sustainability that constitutes the perceived role of the municipality and the private sector in regards to urban development. …”
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Transforming food systems through inclusive agribusiness by Schoneveld, G.C.

“…They are therefore increasingly regarded as important private innovations to address systemic inequalities and inefficiencies within modern food systems. …”
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Discursive translations of gender mainstreaming norms: The case of agricultural and climate change policies in Uganda by Acosta, Mariola, Bommel, Severine van, Wessel, Margit van, Ampaire, Edidah L., Jassogne, Laurence T.P., Feindt, Peter

“…While the international norm on gender mainstreaming, UN-backed since 1995, has been widely adopted in national policies, gender inequalities are rarely systematically addressed on the ground. …”
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Fostering social inclusion in development-oriented digital food system interventions by Steinke, Jonathan, Schumann, Charlotte, Langan, Simon J., Müller, Anna, Opola, Felix Ouko, Ortíz Crespo, Berta, Etten, Jacob van

“…But digital interventions can also reinforce existing inequities by further increasing the competitive advantage of user groups privileged with literacy, access to smartphones, or high investment capacity. …”
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Beyond “women and youth”: Applying intersectionality in agricultural research for development by Tavenner, Katie, Crane, Todd A.

“…“Women and youth” targets are commonly homogenized both in development discourse and in programmatic targeting. While this framing aims to recognize the customary inequities in agricultural development activities traditionally oriented toward elder men, the homogenization of these categories does not capture the intra-gender differences between these social groups. …”
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