Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families**
Cape Verde is an island country and Sahelian, where the climatic conditions cause a rainfall deficit originating dry periods causing a fragile agricultural development. The rural world is facing various problems such as lack of land for cultivation, lack of water and soil erosion. The "apanha d...
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doaj-12e17c2e75224c6a8715e89682c710662021-04-22T05:58:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752021-04-01610.3389/fsoc.2021.625405625405Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families**Miriam Steffen Vieira0Eufémia Vicente Rocha1University of de Rio dos Sinos Valley (Unisinos), São Leopoldo, BrazilUniversity of Cape Verde (Uni-CV), Praia, Cape VerdeCape Verde is an island country and Sahelian, where the climatic conditions cause a rainfall deficit originating dry periods causing a fragile agricultural development. The rural world is facing various problems such as lack of land for cultivation, lack of water and soil erosion. The "apanha de areia" (sand haversting) refers to the extraction of sand and gravel from the sea and rocks. Although it is considered as an environmental crime, the activity is carried for generations and supplies the civil construction business of the country. This study analyze this activity from the perspective of women from the interior of Santiago, in the locality of Charco, in the municipality of Santa Catarina. The research was carried out based on an ethnography of long duration, with spaced field visits, since January 2009 and the monitoring of environmental and gender policies in Cape Verde. As results, we highlight women's agency in the face of a context of growing social inequalities.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2021.625405/fullgendercape verdewomenenvironmentalismdevelopment |
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Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families** |
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Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families** |
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Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families** |
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Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families** |
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Gender and Environment in the Interior of Santiago Island/Cape Verde: Sand Harvesting From Women Heads of Families** |
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gender and environment in the interior of santiago island/cape verde: sand harvesting from women heads of families** |
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Cape Verde is an island country and Sahelian, where the climatic conditions cause a rainfall deficit originating dry periods causing a fragile agricultural development. The rural world is facing various problems such as lack of land for cultivation, lack of water and soil erosion. The "apanha de areia" (sand haversting) refers to the extraction of sand and gravel from the sea and rocks. Although it is considered as an environmental crime, the activity is carried for generations and supplies the civil construction business of the country. This study analyze this activity from the perspective of women from the interior of Santiago, in the locality of Charco, in the municipality of Santa Catarina. The research was carried out based on an ethnography of long duration, with spaced field visits, since January 2009 and the monitoring of environmental and gender policies in Cape Verde. As results, we highlight women's agency in the face of a context of growing social inequalities. |
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