Part I - Gender Divisions of Labor

Based on theoretical insights from ecofeminism, women and development, and postmodernism, and the convincing empirical work of numerous scholars, this book is organized around five aspects of gender relationships with the environment.

Part 2 - Property Rights

Examining women''s relationship with the environment using these five dimensions provides concrete, material examples of how women work with, control, know, and affect the environment and natural resources.

Part 3 - Knowledge and Strategies for Sustainability

Part 4 - Environmental and Social Movements

Part 5 - Policy Alternatives