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Critical Analysis of COPs Gender-Responsive Climate Action : An intersectional, ecofeminist perspective
Bruhn, M.L. (2025) Critical Analysis of COPs Gender-Responsive Climate Action : An intersectional, ecofeminist perspective.
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| Abstract: | This thesis investigates the gender-related climate governance of the COP through the theoretical lenses of intersectionality, ecofeminism, and sustainable livelihoods. The analysis is guided by the research question: In what ways are intersectional and ecofeminist perspectives, as well as features of sustainable livelihoods, reflected in the COPs’ gender-related climate framework between 2014 and 2024? To answer this question, a qualitative content analysis of official COP documents is conducted. The research and analysis process is supported by the use of ATLAS.ti to make the coding process easier and more transparent. This study is scientifically and societally relevant, since the advancing climate crisis is affecting women differently because they are – at their current socio-economic position, influenced by traditional patriarchal power structures and norms – more vulnerable to climate crises. Ecofeminism offers a different perspective, connecting women’s and nature’s exploitation through systems of domination and criticizing asymmetrical power structures and binary framing. Employing an intersectional ecofeminist lens as well as features of sustainable livelihoods can help to make gaps in the current climate governance regarding gender visible and propose better solutions based on its holistic and contextual view. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/107799 |
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