Women, Poverty, and Natural Resource Management

2-3 credits

Seminar examines the links between women, law, land/natural resources, poverty in international development. Issues covered include reasons for focusing on women or men within households rather than households as units; land/natural resource rights as critical to household food security and development; the role of law in supporting women's rights. Issues are examined through the lens of a legal practitioner in international development. Offered: A.