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The Gendered Dimensions of Environmental Justice

Caribbean Perspectives

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Environmental Justice in the New Millennium

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The chapter has three main objectives: (1) to highlight the importance of gender analysis to the debate on environmental justice; (2) to encourage more academic research and activism on gender and the environment in the Caribbean; and (3) to influence policy makers, practitioners, and advocates to mainstream gender in environmental policies and programs.1

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Authors
  1. Leith L. Dunn
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Africana Studies (Gender Studies/Environmental Justice), Wellesley College, USA

    Filomina Chioma Steady DPhil (Professor and Chair) (Professor and Chair)

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Dunn, L.L. (2009). The Gendered Dimensions of Environmental Justice. In: Steady, F.C. (eds) Environmental Justice in the New Millennium. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622531_6

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