Pub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2263998
Lou Haysom
Published in Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity (Vol. 37, No. 3, 2023)
发表于《议程:赋予妇女权力促进性别平等》(第37卷，第3期，2023年)
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2274064
Dorah Morema, Coleen Vogel
abstract In this article we draw on the first-hand experience and close walk that the first author (Dorah Marema) has had implementing various projects over a 10-year period with GenderCC Southern Africa – Women for Climate Justice (GenderCCSA), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) working on the intersection between climate change and gender in South Africa. In particular, we examine how issues of vulnerability, agency and gender are used/misused and understood in the contexts of the period of the first author’s work with GenderCCSA. We first trace the shifts in the climate change narratives and discourse, examining how terms such as gender and vulnerability are used or misused, before presenting some of the initial assessments of how ‘transformational’ and ‘empowering’ the projects that were implemented have or have not been for the participants who were engaged in the projects. The article draws from three cases, illuminating the diverse roles, many of them related to leadership and agency, and actions that women are taking when faced with current and past climate risks. We interrogate the ‘northern gaze’ of climate issues and pay particular attention to what a ‘southern view’ may offer – is this different to ours, similar and why and what can we learn and gain from the perspectives and views on enhanced agency in the face of climate stresses and challenges? The role of funders in shaping the work that GenderCCSA has been involved in over the years and how has this support either enhanced or weakened women’s agency in climate change, is also interrogated. By illuminating the valuable experiences derived from the three climate action projects over a decade of effort and actions viewed through a gendered lens, we hope to enhance and add to the critical work that points to the need for a more nuanced appreciation of grassroots women’s experience and learnings in the Southern climate change experience.
在本文中，我们将利用第一作者(Dorah Morema)的第一手经验和近距离接触，她在过去10年里与性别平等中心(GenderCC Southern Africa - Women for Climate Justice，简称GenderCCSA)一起实施了各种项目。性别平等中心是一个非政府组织，致力于研究南非气候变化与性别之间的关系。特别是，我们研究了在第一作者与GenderCCSA合作的时期背景下，脆弱性、代理和性别问题是如何被使用/误用和理解的。我们首先追溯了气候变化叙事和话语的变化，研究了性别和脆弱性等术语是如何被使用或滥用的，然后提出了一些初步评估，即实施的项目对参与项目的参与者来说是如何“转型”和“赋权”的。本文借鉴了三个案例，阐明了妇女在面对当前和过去的气候风险时所扮演的不同角色，其中许多与领导和机构以及妇女所采取的行动有关。我们质疑气候问题的“北方视角”，并特别关注“南方视角”可能提供的内容——这与我们的观点不同还是相似?为什么?我们可以从面对气候压力和挑战时加强机构的视角和观点中学习和获得什么?资助者在塑造性别ccsa多年来所参与的工作中所起的作用，以及这种支持是如何增强或削弱妇女在气候变化方面的作用，也受到了质疑。通过阐明三个气候行动项目在过去十年的努力和行动中获得的宝贵经验，我们希望加强和补充关键工作，指出需要更细致地了解基层妇女的经验和南方气候变化经验的学习。关键词:性别与气候正义性别主流化南方气候行动性别cc南部非洲妇女促进气候正义披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。注1性别中心-南部非洲-妇女促进气候正义(2021)“我们是谁”www.gendercc.org.za(2021年6月2日访问项目评分改编自Bunce和Ford (Citation2015)改编自邦斯和福特(Citation2015)将在正在进行的研究中进行实地工作，以扩大这项工作在伦敦金融城的范围气候行动计划，约翰内斯堡市。作者简介DORAH MAREMA是南非地方政府协会(SALGA)市政可持续发展项目主管。她也是种族平等的高级大西洋研究员。自1997年以来，Dorah Marema在农村和城市的不同部门与广泛的非政府组织合作。自2000年以来，她一直参与可持续发展问题，并与社区、非政府组织和政府等广泛的多方利益相关者参与倡议合作。2008年，她成立了“性别cc南部非洲-妇女促进气候正义”组织，与来自南部非洲地区的妇女和性别民间社会组织、活动家和性别专家合作，讨论妇女权利、性别和气候正义问题。她于2017年共同创立了绿色商学院，这是一家位于约翰内斯堡的社会企业，致力于通过将绿色技能与商业知识结合起来，培养“绿色”企业家。电子邮件:d.marema@atlanticfellows.orgColeen沃格尔科琳·沃格尔是南非威特沃特斯兰德大学的杰出教授。她是一名训练有素的气候学家，但越来越多地在气候变化的社会层面工作，特别关注气候变化适应。她目前在多个本地和国际董事会任职。例如，她曾担任国际全球环境变化科学委员会的主席和副主席(例如IHDP和LUCC，并参与了地球系统科学计划)，这些小组早于当前的未来地球发展。她也是起草《南非灾害管理法》的主要贡献者之一。她还因在适应研究方面的国际卓越表现而获得了伯顿尼奖，并因卓越教学而获得了威特沃特斯兰德大学副校长奖。电子邮件:Coleen.Vogel@wits.ac.za
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Pub Date : 2023-09-06DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2251563
Sebastian Sanjigadu, Ronicka Mudaly
abstract Patriarchal capitalist colonisation has bestowed on the world civilisational crises, including climate change and the spread of virulent pandemics. The agri-food model, which has been moulded by the contours of the modern capitalist enterprise, is a key source of chemical pollution from artificial fertilisers, and air pollution from greenhouse gases. The consequent killing of soil and water biomes, and the warming of the planet from these pollutants, increases vulnerability of those who bear the brunt of socio-economic, gender and cultural inequity. We departed from the focus on vulnerable populations in climate change disasters, and adopted a feminist critical approach, by casting our gaze towards geo-epistemic Southern regions. In our qualitative research project, we sought intersectional solutions to climate change in the form of educational interventions. We tapped into the knowledge repository of one purposively selected woman African indigenous knowledge holder, who taught fifteen practising science teachers who were enrolled in an Honours degree about climate friendly agriculture. Bringing the voice of a woman African indigenous knowledge holder to the centre repositioned the locus of enunciation and generated a fertile Southern feminist context for collaboration. Teachers experienced hands-on learning under the guidance of the indigenous knowledge holder. Among other practices they used animal waste, which they worked into the soil, and hoes to manually turn soil, thereby limiting disturbance to the soil ecosystem. Teachers documented their learning in portfolios of evidence, and written reflections, which were subjected to content analysis. The careful use of manure from animals and limiting the use of fossil fuels in creating food gardens, were insights gained by the teachers. Hegemonic rules about who qualifies as a legitimate teacher in higher education and what can be admitted as legitimate scientific knowledge, were blurred. The woman who taught about how African indigenous knowledge can inform sustainable food production, contributed towards the building of epistemic justice within the broader social justice context. Through this intercultural dialogue teachers learned to teach about African medicinal plants, the advantages of crop rotation, as well as preparing soil for garden beds. Teachers embraced knowledge from the South and transcended curriculum boundaries.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-05DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2252856
Kavuri Sudha, Anjana Ramanathan
abstract The women of the Ogoni Tribe in Nigeria, those of the Dongria Kondh tribe in India, and the Ogiek women from Kenya could perhaps not be more distant geographically. However, the underlying threads of courage, the determination to fight for social justice and the resistance to depredation and attacks on their ways of life weave them together. These economically vulnerable communities have been systematically discriminated against by the state and neglected by the larger society. Furthermore, their lands and livelihoods have been increasingly subject to unrelenting attacks from the ever pervasive “development”. Their resilience in the face of systematic oppression may hold relevance and important lessons for us too, as the world around becomes more complex and vulnerable, due largely to economic greed and social inequality; the effects of which are seen in and in turn hastened by climate change and environmental degradation. This article attempts to identify the common threads in the struggles of these communities and the lessons that their experiences of social and political mobilisation offer to us. Specifically, the article will focus on the role women have played and will also look to underpin these struggles and responses theoretically so their exemplary successes may be replicated to inspire similar movements across the world. In essence, the authors study commonalities intertwined between climate and social justice movements spearheaded by vulnerable women in the global South to understand and highlight their contribution to the jurisprudence of evolving movements across the world.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-30DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2250533
Lufuno Sadiki
abstract Change and transformation at South African universities has occurred at a slow pace, with racism and sexism persisting. Despite new frameworks being created and policies being restructured to better address concerns of equality and transformation, women remain marginalised and underrepresented in academia, including in the discipline of Criminology. There continues to be a lack of visibility of Black women in the discipline despite an increase in their enrolment for doctoral programmes. Limited research exists that examines how bias inherent in the discipline affects marginalised scholars, particularly Black women. To address this issue, this study makes use of feminist decoloniality and intersectionality frameworks to explore the experiences of 11 female criminologists. Feminist decoloniality emphasises the importance of examining the intersectionality of race and gender within the context of academia. In utilising feminist decoloniality and intersectionality, the research seeks not only to challenge the persisting biases and inequalities, but also to amplify the voices and experiences of Black women criminologists and bring attention to the obstacles they face, including feelings of otherness and exclusion. Black criminologists’ experiences include, among others, discrimination, ageism, exclusion, and insufficient academic and research mentoring. The study aims to contribute to broader efforts to create more inclusive and equitable academic environments and address historical and continuing legacies of colonialism and patriarchal systems.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-29DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2230035
C. Jacobs, Z. Barends, R. Malgas, Lisa Bailey, Samantha Williams
abstract Black/women of colour occupying academic positions is still a novel phenomenon in many academic institutions, in South Africa and elsewhere. We explored our academic identities as early-career black/women of colour through the novel application of collage-making as a tool in collaborative autoethnography (CAE). Through collaborative collage-making, we generated personal reflections on our experiences as academics. The content of the collages and the group reflections they generated were subjected to thematic analysis. Our results revealed socially cohesive and professionally inhibiting experiences that have shaped our academic identities. We shed light on issues related to academic mobility, the need to perform and the social interactions that help or hinder our academic identity-making processes as women of colour at a historically white institution. Sharing and reflecting on our collages also offered an unexpected benefit: we were able to reframe aspects of our thinking and beliefs about our academic identity and identify potential pathways for change. In this way, we established and participated in a professional caring community that facilitated sharing of tips of the trade – a practice that relates to Joan Tronto's idea of caring ‘with’. Our shared insights add to the existing body of knowledge on women's experiences in academia more broadly, as well as feminist decoloniality as an applied theory of caring. We argue that CAE is a powerful and empowering methodological approach that aligns with an ethic of care. We found that the agency emanating from the process positioned us to promote a more inclusive university environment where women of colour can thrive and experience a sense of belonging and accomplishment.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-27DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2245844
F. Muhanguzi, B. Boonabaana, Losira Nasirumbi Sanya, S. Kavuma, G. B. Kyomuhendo, Nargiza Ludgate, Laura Meuzen-Dick
abstract Climate crisis has become a global concern resulting in increased frequency of climate hazards and agricultural shocks. Women who dominate agricultural production in Africa are considered the most vulnerable to these shocks due to their reliance on the natural ecosystem for production, compounded by the persistent gender inequalities that make up the social ecology in which they live. Climate activism as a strategy for promoting social change has a potential for strengthening resilience, especially fostering change in the systems that limit women farmer’s resilience to climate change shocks. With multiple initiatives to support households to adapt to the various agricultural shocks, the question needs to be asked, to what extent do initiatives aim at changing the systems/structures and the social ecology that limit women’s resilience to climate change shocks? The article draws on a baseline survey conducted in two districts in Uganda in 2022 that employed a mixed methods approach. The article interrogates the existing initiatives’ potential to strengthen women’s resilience to climate related agricultural shocks in the context of climate justice. With reference to a social-ecological model of resilience, the article illuminates the extent to which these efforts have contributed to transforming the social ecologies that limit women’s resilience. The findings suggest the need for women’s climate activism and organising to effectively address the underlying social and gender norms that continue to limit women’s empowerment and resilience to climate related agricultural shocks in Uganda.
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Pub Date : 2023-08-24DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2242629
J. Collins
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Pub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1080/10130950.2023.2237718
Brandi Stone
abstract Black women serving in Black Culture Centres (BCCs) are often tasked with cultivating a safe space for Black students (Young 1986), yet may experience their own gendered racism from the same institution which they are supporting students through (Jenkins et al. 2021). As such, a decolonial Black feminist authoethnographic approach allowed me to be self-reflexive in examining day-to-day challenges as a leader; including the desire to incorporate feminist ethics of care such as othermothering into developing the safe space for Black students, while navigating the pervasiveness of racism and sexism experienced in the institution. Situating my experience as a tension, I seek to contribute to the research by examining how Black women BCC directors can embrace othermothering while also resisting capitalistic expectations of labour through a decolonial Black feminist approach to leadership. Findings from this study contribute to the emerging scholarship exploring the experiences of Black women in BCCs and provide an authentic understanding of the day-to-day work. Finally, strategies are provided for Black women directors who seek to incorporate a decolonial Black feminist praxis into their leadership as BCC directors.
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