Research Guides: Sustainability: 5: Gender Equality

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 - Gender Equality: achieve gender equality and empowerment.

Gender Equality

Local Community, Campus and More

Campus Courses

Anthropology 317 - Gender and Development. Upper division. Sustainability related.
Environmental Studies 295 - Power, Privilege and the Environment. Lower division. Environmental Studies majors only. Sustainability focused.
Women's Studies 340 - Ecofeminism. Upper division course. Sustainability focused.
Women's Studies 680 - Environment and Community: Gender, Race, Class. Course for graduate students. Sustainability focused.

Resources

The L-Word - A lesbian feminist newsletter for the queer community and our friends. Written with a sustainability focus. Pick up a copy around town--the co-op, natural food stores, bookstores, coffee shops, or Moon Cycles; email suejh@humboldt1.com for a .pdf subscription; or send a check ($20-30 or whatever you can afford) for a hardcopy sub to The L-Word, P.O. Box 272, Bayside, CA 95521.

National and Global Resources

Climate change exacerbates violence against women and girls (UN) An article examining the ways in which climate change leads to increased violence against women on a global scale.
Feminism, Peace, and Environment (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom) Learn about a multitude of international projects the WILPF is pursuing to enact gender justice and environmental justice.
Gender, climate and security: Sustaining inclusive peace on the frontlines of climate change (UN Women) This UN report discusses how gender, climate, and security are "inextricably linked".
LGBT Inclusion and the Sustainable Development Goals (Stonewall UK) A policy brief developed to help organizations include the LGBTQIA+ community in programs addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Oregon Women's Land Trust A sustainability focused women's land trust guided by principles of feminism, queer rights rights, and anti-racism.
Out for Sustainability This organization focuses on "co-creating climate resilience and environmental justice by and for LGBTQIA+ communities." Explore their conference, newsletter, and queer disaster-preparedness program.
Pattie Gonia An article about environmentalist drag queen Pattie Gonia (she/they), known as Wyn Wiley (he/they) when not in drag. Co-founder of The Outdoorist Oath, an organization that encourages outdoorists to consider sustainability and inclusion.
Under the Sycamore Tree- A limited series Caribbean, feminist, archival podcast that documents queer and women led organizations across eight Caribbean countries. Sustainability related.
Queer Ecojustice Project This organization is centered on ecological justice and queer liberation. Explore relevant resources and projects.
Queering Environmental Justice: Unequal Environmental Health Burden on the LGBTQ+ Community (American Journal of Public Health) This paper addresses ways in which "environmental exposures may disproportionately affect the LGBTQ+ population".
Queers X Climate This organization works to help the LGBTQ+ community fight climate change through personal, collective, and systemic action.
Why Climate Science Needs More Women Scientists (Columbia University) An article discussing the gender divide in science and its impacts on climate science. Addresses how climate change disproportionately affects women.

Sustainability is inherently intersectional. Due to this intersectionality, many resources and articles throughout this guide are relevant to multiple sustainable development goals. The following resources are listed in other section(s) of the guide, but are cross-listed here because of their relevance in this section.

Disability Fact Sheet (World Health Organization) This fact sheet addresses the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals through a disability-inclusive lens.

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