%0 Journal Article
%T Environmental conflicts and womenĄŻs vulnerability in Africa
%A EC Perry
%A C Potgieter
%A U Bob
%J African Journal on Conflict Resolution
%D 2010
%I ACCORD
%X This article examines environmental conflicts and womenĄŻs vulnerability in Africa. Environmental resources are critical to poor womenĄŻs productive and reproductive lives in Africa. Environmental resources diversify livelihoods and are key to the survival strategies women adopt. Environmental conflicts are of concern in several parts of Africa and they have gendered impacts that need to be considered. This article focuses on two main aspects. The first examines the linkages between environmental conflicts, womenĄŻs vulnerability and gender-based violence. The second considers environmental conflicts, access to resources and womenĄŻs vulnerability. In particular, the focus is on the way in which conflicts restrict womenĄŻs access to and control of environmental resources. Additionally, the impacts of environmental degradation which tend to characterise environmental conflicts are considered. The article also briefly discusses womenĄŻs responses and adaptation strategies to the challenges they confront in relation to environmental conflicts.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajcr/article/view/63315