Gender and Sustainability in Africa

Gender and Sustainability in Africa

Esther Aseidu, Afia Nyarko Boakye, George Kofi Amoako, Ebenezer Malcalm

Forging sustainable development must explicitly commit to gender issues in the management of enterprises in Africa. However, advancing both gender equality and creating sustainable pathways present pressing problems. This book chapter examines the need to address gender equality and sustainable development jointly and outlines the moral, ethical, and practical justifications. It was found that the sustainability issues in Africa include overusing and non-renewal of our natural resources (depletion of natural resources), environmental degradation, and high-income inequality. Gender inequality in Africa was found in work and industrialisation, demographics and procreation, agriculture and food production, water, sanitation, and energy, among others. The main drivers of gender inequality in Africa were revealed as unequal access to social protection, and economic, and legal power. Other factors that were …

Springer International Publishing

2023

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English