Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure, Empowerment and Education

This book explores the role of gender in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the importance of empowerment, education, and infrastructure. It includes case studies from the Global South and provides pathways for gender-responsive education and innovation.

Format: Hardback
Length: 196 pages
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Gender plays a crucial yet often overlooked role in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This edited collection, comprising 12 chapters from scholars and researchers worldwide, delves into three key problem areas: empowerment, education, and infrastructure. It provides a theoretical and methodological framework for understanding the role of gender in achieving the SDGs.

The book highlights the current status of gender equality in relation to the SDGs through numerous case studies. It emphasizes the significance of gender for sustainable and just development, recognizing the critical contributions of women in various domains such as work organization, disaster management, income generation, household maintenance, and knowledge mediation. Women, as a diverse classification, encompass a wide range of intersecting axes of difference, and this book focuses on the excluded and disadvantaged majority social group without imposing homogeneity on that categorization.

Several chapters specifically address critical situations prevalent in the Global South, where these issues are particularly prominent. Importantly, these contributions are written by local scholars, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of the challenges and solutions specific to these regions.

Furthermore, the book offers pathways for gender-responsive education and innovation in the field of sustainable development. It will spark significant discussions in interdisciplinary research and higher education settings, focusing on sustainable development, gender, equality, human rights, and education.

By shedding light on the largely neglected role of gender in achieving the SDGs, this book contributes to a more inclusive and equitable world. It underscores the importance of recognizing and addressing gender disparities in order to achieve sustainable development and promote the well-being of all individuals and communities.

Weight: 540g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032004563