From Gender-Blind to Gender Bind: Foregrounding Gender in the History of the UNFCCC

IF 3.9 2区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
JC Flavell
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Abstract

In this article, I argue that the Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has been remarkable in its efforts to mainstream gender in the Convention. The WGC has been at the forefront of the fight to embed a gender perspective into global climate change politics and has been the driving force for the UNFCCC’s progression from gender-blind in 1992 to a Gender Action Plan in 2017. Through an intersectional framework, I demonstrate that foregrounding gender as a political issue and feminist activism in the history of the UNFCCC makes visible a tricky strategic bind whereby an “insider” approach to influencing the negotiations has meant that while women–environment links are firmly embedded in UNFCCC discourse, gender–environment links are less well received. Understanding this strategic bind faced by feminist climate activists is important politically, to advance feminist arguments in global climate governance.
从性别盲到性别束缚:《联合国气候变化框架公约》历史上的性别前景
在这篇文章中,我认为,《联合国气候变化框架公约》(UNFCCC)中的妇女和性别选区(WGC)在将性别问题纳入《公约》主流方面做出了卓越的努力。工作组一直站在将性别观点纳入全球气候变化政治的斗争的最前线,并一直是《联合国气候变化框架公约》从1992年的性别盲发展到2017年的性别行动计划的推动力。通过一个跨部门的框架,我证明,在《联合国气候变化框架公约》的历史上,将性别问题作为一个政治问题和女权主义激进主义突出了一个棘手的战略约束,即影响谈判的“内部”方法意味着,尽管妇女与环境的联系牢牢植根于《联合国环境变化框架公约”的话语中,但性别与环境的关系却不那么受欢迎。了解女权主义气候活动家面临的这种战略困境,对于在全球气候治理中推进女权主义论点具有重要的政治意义。
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CiteScore
7.40
自引率
8.30%
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期刊介绍: Global Environmental Politics examines the relationship between global political forces and environmental change, with particular attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for environmental management as well as the implications of environmental change for world politics. Each issue is divided into research articles and a shorter forum articles focusing on issues such as the role of states, multilateral institutions and agreements, trade, international finance, corporations, science and technology, and grassroots movements.
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