Gender, Indigeneity, and the Search for Environmental Justice in Postcolonial Africa

Damilola S. Olawuyi

doi:10.1017/9781108555791.017

Gender, Indigeneity, and the Search for Environmental Justice in Postcolonial Africa

Damilola S. Olawuyi^*

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HBKU College of Law

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This chapter examines legal and governance innovations for advancing gender equality in environmental decision-making processes in postcolonial Africa. First, it evaluates how inequitable colonial, cultural, legal, social, and power relationships continue to create interlocking structures of gender-based ecological vulnerabilities in Africa, paying specific attention to Nigeria as a case study. It then discusses the need for a human rights–based gender framework as a policy tool for addressing gender-based environmental inequalities in Africa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	208-224
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108555791, 9781108555791
ISBN (Print)	9781108470001
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108555791.017
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2021

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