Search Results - Discourse on Inequality

One Size Does Not Fit All—Addressing the Complexity of Food System Sustainability by Ng'endo, Mary, Connor, Melanie

“…However, a disconnect between sustainable production and consumption exists, which may hinder further progress toward achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2. This discourse was needed to connect these intersectional perspectives. …”
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Preventing knowable risk at the cost of long-term thinking by Elvarsdóttir, Silja

“…Furthermore, they have been shown to exasperate existing vulnerabilities, reinforce social inequalities, and lead to maladaptive outcomes. However, the presence of a supplementary sociosystemic conceptualization of adaptation in Icelandic policy discourses suggests the possibility to reframe the issue as a matter of social transformation, which is what numerous scholars are now calling for.…”
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Effects of climate change on food security and nutrition in India: A systematic review by Das, Abhishek, Kumar, Shalander, Kasala, Kavitha, Nedumaran, S., Paithankar, Pradnya, Kumar, Abhay, Jain, Ayushi, Avinandan, Vijay

“…This examination will serve as a crucial resource for shaping policies, directing research efforts, and fostering public discourse. This systematic review thoroughly analyzes the impact of climate change on food and nutritional security in India. …”
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How does a network of Colombian interethnic women foster resilience to climate change and contribute to gender equality? by Howland, Fanny Cecile, Salas, Daniela

“…Governmental and non-governmental actors are involved in the implementation of PA and CC policy, which could lead to fragmentation at different levels and lack of coherence between policy discourse and policy implementation.…”
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Nobody left behind? Equity and the drivers of stunting reduction in Vietnamese ethnic minority populations by Harris, Jody, Huynh, Phuong, Nguyen, Hoa T., Hoang, Nga, Tran, Lan Mai, Tuyen, Le Danh, Nguyen, Phuong Hong

“…The current national development discourse aims to incorporate minorities into mainstream majority systems. …”
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By whose rules, for whose needs? The power of elites, livelihood implications and potential for resistance in two Nepalese community forest user groups by Harrer, Constantin

“…While widely considered a conservation success, recent discourses on elite capture, professionalization and recentralization question the program’s anticipated social outcomes. …”
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Influence of productive resources on bean production in male‑ and female‑headed households in selected bean corridors of Kenya by Wambua, Scolastica, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli, Gichangi, Anne W, Kavoi, Justus, Njuki, Jemimah, Mutua, Mercy M., Ugen, Michael Adrogu, Karanja, David

“…Background Gender-related constraints reflect gender inequalities in access to resources and development opportunities. …”
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Trygghet i stadens offentliga rum by Krook, Anna

“…By some discourses marginalized groups are at risk to be stigmatized, since the discourses acknowledge unequal power distribution, but don’t offer any possibilities to act. …”
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Scoping review on gender-disaggregated data in climate-smart agriculture by Wright, Peter, Deering, Karl, Tasew, Abinet, Smith, Emma, Miruka, Maureen, Mohanraj, Pranati, Swira, Henry

“…The focus of this scoping review is to understand the extent gender-disaggregated data are available in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) programming, identify gaps in the collection and analysis of this data, and suggest ways to bridge those gaps to reduce gender inequalities that may prevent women and girls from benefiting from CSA programming. …”
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Bridging youth and gender studies to analyse rural young women and men's livelihood pathways in Central Uganda by Rietveld, Anne M., Burg, Margreet van der, Groot, Jeroen C.J.

“…This shift is associated with high rates of migration, unemployment and instability. In policy discourses, engaging youth in commercial agricultural is often presented as a measure to control or even counter these trends. …”
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Hur vet vi om vi gör skillnad? : om Malmö stads arbete för en jämlik hälsa by Ekstam, Jenny

Disciplining Gender in Environmental Organizations: The Texts and Practices of Gender Mainstreaming by Arora-jonsson, S., Sijapati Basnett, Bimbika

“…We suggest that a close analysis of the shaping of global and official discourses on sustainability can provide insights into how we may interrupt discourses that re/produce inequalities.…”
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Reducing REDD risks: affirmative policy on an uneven playing field by Ribot, J.C., Larson, A.M.

“…In spite of reforms since the end of the colonial period and more-recent discourses of participation and democracy, the forestry policy environment rarely supports the needs or aspirations of rural communities. …”
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Climate–urban nexus: a study of vulnerable women in urban areas of KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa by Hlahla, S., Simatele, M. D., Hill, T., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…The changes in climatic conditions and their associated impacts are contributing to a worsening of existing gender inequalities and a heightening of women’s socioeconomic vulnerabilities in South Africa. …”
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When water security programmes seek to empower women-a case study from western Nepal by Clement, Floriane, Karki, Emma

“…Women’s empowerment has been a key tenet of international water security programmes. Discourses on water envision that enhanced access to water resources can transform disempowered women into successful rural entrepreneurs. …”
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