Livelihoods and gender: a case study on the coast of Southeastern Brazil
| dc.contributor.author | Carpenter, Lydia | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Seixas, Cristiana (State University of Campinas Brazil) Sinclair, John (Natural Resources Institute) Hallman, Bonnie (Environment and Geography) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Berkes, Fikret (Natural Resources Institute) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-20T19:10:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-20T19:10:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12-20 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | Environment and Geography | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M.) | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This research explores the gendered intra-household livelihood dynamics of one coastal community in Paraty, Brazil. Exploring gender in the livelihoods context addresses the social context of gender roles and relations as they relate to small-scale agriculture, artisanal fishing, tourism and the larger livelihoods picture in one community. Project objectives included: 1) To examine how people in a small coastal community make their livelihood, 2) To analyze the influence of gender roles and relations and the division of labour in livelihood activities and on gender effects within the household or family unit, and 3) To explore prospects for future livelihood diversification sensitive to the influence of gender. Results show that individual and household livelihood portfolios are diverse and are highly dependent on the natural resource base. Gender relations and bargaining power depended on the diversity and type of livelihood activities practiced at the household and on an individual levels. | en_US |
| dc.description.note | February 2012 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5002 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gender | en_US |
| dc.subject | Geography | en_US |
| dc.title | Livelihoods and gender: a case study on the coast of Southeastern Brazil | en_US |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |