Towards an integrative approach to sustainability : exploring potential synergies between gender and environment

In the midst of one of the worst economic crises the Western world has faced,. - governments are focusing on macroeconomic equilibrium and failing to address. - the economy-environment disconnect and the social components of development.. - The ecological degradation of our planet and its implications for human well-being. - necessitate a sustainable approach. Although some progress has been made since. - the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, we have. - yet to adopt a development path that takes account of the way that ecosystems. - work or the persistent social and gender inequalities. Feminist economists have. - developed theoretical and methodological proposals for recognizing the value. - of domestic work, which could be strengthened by integrating an ecological. - perspective. In turn, sustainable development could be enhanced by mainstreaming. - the gender perspective and the ethics of care. The link between these elements is. - examined here, as we explore the synergies between gender and the environment. - and outline an integrative approach to sustainability. (CEPAL/GIGA). - . -