Geography, Health and Sustainability

Gender Matters Globally

Allison Williams, Isaac Luginaah, Allison Williams, Isaac Luginaah

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000471656
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Human Geography

With a global commitment to achieve gender equality by 2030, the SDGs present a historic opportunity to place gender as central to human progress across the globe. Gender equality, which requires the empowerment of all women and girls, is an explicit goal, in addition to being a fundamental prerequisite to and facilitator of most other SDGs. This edited collection provides a range of geographical and geospatial insights, from a variety of disciplinary and country-specific perspectives, to better understand gender and sustainable development. In addition to several African countries, Mexico, Japan, Canada, USA, and Cambodia are featured. A range of topical case studies examine women's domestic and care work, including water collection, breastfeeding, food purchasing, and caring for elderly family members. Access to health care services is examined in the case of breast screening and antenatal care. Women's engagement in the labour force is also addressed, with a specific look at the renewable energy sector; structural barriers to employment are discussed across a number of chapters, with clear strategies to break through these barriers. Finally, theoretical insights are proposed in better understanding and engaging in gendered inequalities in health.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents Page
• List of contributors Page
• 1 Gender matters globally: geography, health, and sustainability
• Part 1 SDG 5: gender equality and empowerment of women and girls
• Part 2 Target 5.4: value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities
• Part 3 Target 5.6: universal access to reproductive health and rights
• Index