East Asia and Pacific
Environmental Initiative
USAID and State working with partners
protecting the environment and
improving livelihoods

Gender and the Environment

GenderReach, the Office of Women in Development web site, United States Agency for International Development

WIDTech Environment

WIDTech Asia and Near East (ANE)

Gender-Related Web Guide by USAID CDIE Research & Reference Services / USAID Library(USAID intranet only)

Gender and Conflict Internet Guide by USAID CDIE Research & Reference Services / USAID Library (USAID intranet only)

International and Gender Studies Resources 
    Southeast Asian Studies
    Women and the Environment Bibliography compiled 12/96

FAO Gender and Food Security
    Environment
    Forestry
    Fisheries
    Agriculture
FAO Community Forestry page on Gender

World Resources Institute page on Women in Forestry

Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis, or MERGE. The MERGE program, which began in 1992, focuses on gender analysis for natural resource management. It is part of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) program at the University of Florida.

World Bank GenderNet

Development Gateway on Gender and Development

Women & Environments International Magazine (WE)
associated with The Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Studies, New College, University of Toronto

Natural Resources Management and Gender: a Global Source Book -- Purchase This publication, published in December 2002, reflects experiences with mainstreaming gender and women's issues in natural resources management. The introductory paper focusing on the history and current status of gender and natural resources management is followed by five contributions from West Africa, Pakistan, Mesoamerica, India and Uganda. An annotated bibliography listing printed and electronic documents and a list of important websites complement the case studies.

The Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University (MSU-WID)

GenderWatch is a full text for fee database comprised of periodicals and other publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports.

Women in Natural Resources (WiNR) is a unique, high quality magazine-journal in the field of natural resources. It combines the best elements of a technical journal, the informal style of a newsletter, and the reader-friendly format of a magazine. It is designed and written by women at all levels in forestry, fisheries, wildlife, range, recreation, soils, and the environmental and social sciences as they relate to natural resources.  This is mostly domestic but occasionally they deal with international themes.

updated January 26, 2004