Gender Justice and Community Forest Management

This political framework from Friends of the Earth International explores the intersection of community forest management and gender justice, advocating for the dismantling of patriarchal systems and the recognition of women's specialized ecological knowledge and political participation.

• The framework identifies the patriarchal system as a source of oppression for women that intensifies structural violence affecting their bodies and territories, and it advocates for the creation of spaces for women's effective political participation using perspectives from ecofeminism and territorial community feminisms in the South.
• Women possess diversified and specialized knowledge of forests, including species diversity and products related to health, firewood, foraging, food, family farming, and soil fertility conservation. Their approach to nature and biodiversity is described as holistic and centered on the defense and preservation of territory for humanity.
• The goal of the framework is to dismantle power dynamics and tensions within community forest management to ensure women have full participation in social, political, and economic community life, alongside autonomous access to seeds, water, and production and sale conditions.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). Gender Justice and Community Forest Management. https://www.foei.org/publication/gender-community-forest-management/

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. Gender Justice and Community Forest Management. n.d. https://www.foei.org/publication/gender-community-forest-management/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Friends of the Earth International |title=Gender Justice and Community Forest Management |url=https://www.foei.org/publication/gender-community-forest-management/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndgender, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{Gender Justice and Community Forest Management}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/publication/gender-community-forest-management/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }