Gender, livelihood and environment : How women manage resources / [electronic resource]
edited by Subhadra Mitra Channa and Marilyn Porter
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- Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2016.
- e-book contains 236 p.
This volume brings together contributions from different parts of the world to show the multiple ways in which women manage their resources, while simultaneously providing for their families. The essays, based on research in diverse societies, deal with issues of knowledge management, social control and hierarchy, and the values placed on womenメs work. The essays focus on development that incorporates ideas of justice and human rights, with a gendered perspective, and provide important lessons for environmental management.