“Now We Have Equality”: A Feminist Political Ecology Analysis of Carbon Markets in Oaxaca, Mexico

Gay-Antaki, Miriam

doi:10.1353/lag.2016.0030

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“…On the one hand, women and men have different energy needs and perceptions of the benefits of electricity which can cause an unequal distribution of benefits of modern energy technologies (Clancy, Skutsch, and Batchelor 2003). On the other hand, women often have less access to resources such as credit, land and education and decision-making processes which limits their capacity to influence processes and resource allocation, having procedural and recognition justice implications (Clancy, Skutsch, and Batchelor 2003;Gay-Antaki 2016). For those reasons, perspectives of men and women on impacts of modern energy services should be considered in relation to each other (Clancy et al 2011).…”

Section: Gender and Energy Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Wiese

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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More than 70% of the population in Ethiopia lack access to electricity and thus rely on conventional sources of energy such as biomass that is associated with negative consequences on health and the environment. Decentralized community-based micro-hydropower plants (MHPs) are being utilized as effective means to transition to modern low-carbon energy systems providing access to electricity to communities in remote areas. However, there exist a knowledge gap regarding energy justice dimensions and gendered impacts related to sustainable energy transitions in the Global South. This research investigates the gendered justice implications of lowcarbon energy projects in the case of four community-based micro-hydropower projects in Ethiopia implemented by the German Development Cooperation (GIZ). Although the projects generally achieved positive outcomes for the lives of the villager's socioeconomic impacts on income; productive use, health and education affected men and women differently. The particular energy needs, uses and challenges that women face were insufficiently addressed and hence are limiting the opportunities for women to benefit equally from access to electricity. Generally, procedural justice aspects such as access to information, consultation and participation seemed to be insufficient to create a sense of ownership which in turn can jeopardize the long-term sustainability of the hydropower plants.

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Section: Gender and Energy Justicementioning

confidence: 99%

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Wiese

2020

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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“…13 of the Working Group II IPCC fifth assessment ( 41 )]. Poor representation of women decision makers has been raised as an issue for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( 42 – 48 ). Although several studies have documented how women are underrepresented in earth and ecological sciences ( 5 , 49 – 53 ), the challenges facing women in climate science have not been adequately addressed.…”

Section: Gender Science and Intersectionalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate for women in climate science: Women scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Gay-Antaki

Liverman

2018

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an authoritative and influential source of reports on climate change. The lead authors of IPCC reports include scientists from around the world, but questions have been raised about the dominance of specific disciplines in the report and the disproportionate number of scholars from the Global North. In this paper, we analyze the as-yet-unexamined issue of gender and IPCC authorship, looking at changes in gender balance over time and analyzing women’s views about their experience and barriers to full participation, not only as women but also at the intersection of nationality, race, command of English, and discipline. Over time, we show that the proportion of female IPCC authors has seen a modest increase from less than 5% in 1990 to more than 20% in the most recent assessment reports. Based on responses from over 100 women IPCC authors, we find that many women report a positive experience in the way in which they are treated and in their ability to influence the report, although others report that some women were poorly represented and heard. We suggest that an intersectional lens is important: not all women experience the same obstacles: they face multiple and diverse barriers associated with social identifiers such as race, nationality, command of English, and disciplinary affiliation. The scientific community benefits from including all scientists, including women and those from the Global South. This paper documents barriers to participation and identifies opportunities to diversify climate science.

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“…She thought that the MPG contract was a gift from the government (which clearly facilitated the process) rather than a private investment. Situations like this have been reported time and time again: when dealing with corporations, a few men control the outcome, thus contributing to women's disempowerment (Gay-Antaki, 2016;García-Torres, 2018;Olivera, 2019). What is interesting in this case is that even the ejidatarias who enjoy the full bundle of rights granted by law were excluded from the process.…”

Section: Ejidatarias' Exclusion From Decision-making and Land Rentals In El Oritomentioning

confidence: 85%

“…Research on the gender impacts of these changes is starting to emerge. So far, we know that a handful of men, usually ejido authorities, are the only ones capable of negotiating with private corporations, thus contributing to ejidatarias' exclusion from decision-making (Gay-Antaki, 2016;García-Torres, 2018). If no other choice is available, the few ejidatarias existing in the country prefer to rent rather than to sell their ejido lands (Ruiz Meza, 2006, 2012Zapata et al, 2006;Almeida, 2012a,b).…”

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Examining the Gender Dynamics of Green Grabbing and Ejido Privatization in Zacatecas, Mexico

Vázquez-García

Sosa-Capistrán

2021

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The ejido is the most important form of collectively owned property in Mexico; approximately half of the country's territory belongs to ejidatarios of whom women make up roughly 20%. Recent legal reforms aimed at privatizing the ejido are forcing ejidatarios/as to sell or rent their lands to corporations seeking to invest in oil, mining, and energy production. This paper examines the gender impacts of land privatization for renewable energy generation in two ejidos of Zacatecas, Mexico: El Orito and Benito Juárez. The first agreed to rent their lands to a private company while the other did not. Results show that land rentals benefitted a handful of ejidatarios, while the people affected the most include male stone miners, ejidatarias who were excluded from decision-making, and women who obtain food and fuel from ejido common lands. Benito Juárez served as a good point of comparison because its common lands were not privatized, and people continue to use them in traditional ways. However, people in Benito Juárez also hold different bundles of rights to common lands based on gender, economic status and age. The paper calls for a gender and intersectional approach to continue examining the differentiated impacts of ejido privatization in Mexico.

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“Now We Have Equality”: A Feminist Political Ecology Analysis of Carbon Markets in Oaxaca, Mexico

Cited by 31 publications

References 46 publications

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Energy 4 all? Investigating gendered energy justice implications of community-based micro-hydropower cooperatives in Ethiopia

Climate for women in climate science: Women scientists and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Examining the Gender Dynamics of Green Grabbing and Ejido Privatization in Zacatecas, Mexico

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