Index

Peggy Ann Spitzer (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)

Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice

ISBN: 978-1-80382-922-7, eISBN: 978-1-80382-919-7

Publication date: 21 July 2023

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Spitzer, P.A. (2023), "Index", Empowering Female Climate Change Activists in the Global South: The Path Toward Environmental Social Justice (Diverse Perspectives on Creating a Fairer Society), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-919-720231012

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by “n” indicate notes.

Activist(s)
, 3, 33, 45, 47, 59, 74, 85, 125, 128, 143, 144, 148

Actors and affiliations
, 59, 155–159

Adaptation strategies
, 9, 27, 30, 44, 107

Afghanistan
, 44–45, 112, 143, 149

Africa
, 2, 8, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 35, 43, 51, 52, 56, 59, 87, 97, 98, 100, 101, 147–148, 151, 152, 153, 159, 164n28, 182

South Africa
, 123, 138–139, 141

African American women
, 13

African World Heritage Fund
, 20, 25, 164n28

Agency, (as in “women’s” or “female”)
, 2, 6, 8, 11, 19, 27, 29–30, 31, 54, 55, 152, 184

Agriculture (or agricultural)
, 2, 8, 9, 14, 16, 22, 28, 29, 32, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 44, 95, 98, 100, 130, 142, 147, 153, 161n1, 166n54, 167n62, 175, 177, 180, 181 (see also Farmers)

agriculturalists 3
, 107, 118

Ancestral practices
, 73, 151 (see also Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK))

ancestral hearth
, 10

ancestral homeland
, 87

ancestral knowledge
, 149, 154

Andhra Pradesh
, 14, 16, 32, 137, 171n42, 173n28

Aquatic phenology
, 108

Arts and crafts
, 124, 140–143, 151, 183

Arts and heritage culture
, 150–151

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
, 20, 21, 24, 26

Ashoka
, 14, 34, 175

Asian American
, 12, 18, 168n17

Asian Development Bank
, 157

Association for Computing Engineering (ACM)
, 129

Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
, 149, 175

Association of Environmental Education for Future Generations (AEEFG)
, 52, 56, 101–104, 148, 169n31, 175

Australia
, 45, 149, 168n9, 182

Australia’s Indigenous Women of the Great Barrier Reef
, 154

Bangkok Post, The
, 84–87, 157, 170n27

Bangladesh
, 8–9, 13, 17, 92, 112, 115, 139, 152, 158, 172n15, 181–182, 185

Barefoot solutions

Barefoot College
, 152

Women Barefoot Ecologists
, 154

BBC
, 128, 172n15

Belize
, 3, 51, 52, 60–64, 77, 83, 87, 151, 155, 169n21

Bhungroo, as a case study
, 48–50

gender-related
, 17, 20

irrigation system
, 14, 19, 32, 105

irrigation technology
, 2, 3, 5, 32, 37–38, 40, 118, 131, 166n58, 167n62

map of sites in India
, 15

mission
, 14

oral histories
, 111–121possibility of Bhungroo in Turkana County, 35–41

program
, 30–36, 105, 149

self-actualization and world betterment
, 30

Bihar
, 14, 16–17, 32, 137, 171n42

“Black Lives Matter”
, 7, 123

Blogs
, 124, 136

Bolivia
, 76, 140, 156

Bosnia
, 96

Brazil
, 13, 46, 93, 108, 109, 145, 158, 179, 184

Buckminster Fuller Foundation
, 17, 166n54

Burkina Faso
, 28

Capacity building
, 22, 28, 40, 46, 61

Carbon, emissions/footprint/low carbon/reductions
, 3, 52, 64, 98, 148, 159

CARE
, 7, 21, 28, 97–98, 159, 165n44, 181

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
, 103, 185

Central America
, 2, 8, 43, 51–52, 55, 59, 151

Children
, 3, 11–12, 15, 29, 46–47, 52, 68–71, 76–78, 81, 89–90, 93, 94, 96, 98, 100, 109, 110, 114, 115, 116, 132, 142, 164–165n30

China
, 84, 126, 171n2

Chinese
, 4, 46, 47, 57, 136, 168n18, 171n2, 180–181

Civil rights
, 138

Civil rights movement
, 143

Climate change adaptation
, 2, 6–7, 11, 27–30, 35, 37, 43–44, 49, 55–57, 74, 79, 88, 97, 99, 106, 151

community survival
, 57

female (or women’s) empowerment
, 49, 97, 179

gender
, 177

indigenous knowledge
, 183

leaders
, 140

mitigation
, 6, 99, 151

policies (programs, or strategies)
, 27, 28, 29, 34, 106, 183

resilience
, 6

transnational
, 37, 169n26, 179, 181, 184

women’s rights (or roles in)
, 7, 11, 56, 74, 79, 88, 179, 181

Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
, 22, 29

Climate change conferences
, 5, 6, 21, 70, 140, 147, 163n1, 164n28

Climate change disasters
, 5, 35, 91, 147

Climate finance
, 148, 169n4, 175

micro-finance
, 13, 131

Climate Heritage Network
, 20, 25, 164n28

Climate justice
, 4–5, 29, 53, 54, 64, 101, 130, 141, 153, 161n1, 185

Climate migrants
, 149–150

Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN)
, 71

Climate-related disasters
, 9

Collaborative strategy
, 11

Collective action
, 108, 128

Colombia
, 3, 51, 52, 55, 64, 74–78, 83, 87, 92

Communal Bank
, 76, 156

Community development society (CDS)
, 131–132, 175

Community-based arts and crafts
, 141, 142

networks
, 45

organizations
, 94, 152

projects (programs)
, 26, 141

solutions
, 151

Computer science
, 4, 97, 123, 129–131, 159

Conference of Parties (COP)
, 6, 21, 165n40

COP26
, 6, 140, 141, 143, 147, 161n4

COP27
, 6, 147–151, 163n1, 175

Connective action
, 128

Cookstoves
, 3, 5, 10, 55, 79–83, 148, 152, 156, 170n25, 174n2, 176, 185

Coral Reef Rescue Initiative (CRRI)
, 21, 28

Coral reef (s)
, 3, 21, 51, 54, 60, 64, 65, 151, 155, 183

COVID
, 37, 64, 70, 72, 76, 88

pandemic
, 6, 37, 70, 72, 76, 88, 124

Cross-cultural communication
, 138–140

training
, 10

Cuba
, 28

Cultural activities
, 26, 76, 137, 150

(as a) construct
, 162n15

boundaries
, 173n23

centers
, 3, 26, 52, 78

degradation
, 24

differences
, 73–74

diplomacy
, 80

flow
, 145

heritage
, 21–26, 151, 164n9

imperialism
, 23

informant
, 40, 49

knowledge
, 2, 31

(of poverty)
, 133

outcasts
, 52

patriarchy
, 25

practices
, 2, 30

socio-cultural environment
, 14, 46, 49, 54

symbols
, 24

traditions
, 10, 17, 79, 108, 127, 133

transformation (or change)
, 77, 108

Cyclones
, 106, 137, 149, 172n15

Decentralized Climate Finance/Funds (DCF)
, 9, 175

Defensoras Ambianales
, 140

Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS)
, 20, 23

Digital feminist activism
, 126

movements
, 124–127

Digital media
, 125, 127, 137–139, 183 (see also Social media)

Digital natives
, 124

Digital platforms
, 124–127, 138, 173n16

Digital technology/technologies
, 129, 136, 138, 147, 150

Dom children
, 96

communities
, 95, 149, 158

families
, 96

Domestic violence
, 3, 18, 34, 51, 59, 73, 77, 89, 97, 149

Dongaria Kondh
, 45, 143–145, 151

Droughts
, 106, 137, 149

E-business
, 124, 135–136, 150

Eco Friendly, approaches
, 2, 8

farming
, 8

jobs
, 56

projects
, 64

Ecosystem
, 44–45, 91, 107, 109, 135, 149, 164n28

Education
, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 73, 75, 78, 80, 89, 92, 93, 101–103, 116, 119, 123, 126, 128, 129, 132, 135, 137, 138, 139, 148, 150, 159, 161n1, 164n29, 169n31, 177

Egypt
, 6, 147

Elders
, 44–46, 81, 105–106, 109, 114, 116

Empathy
, 4, 16, 48–49, 57, 93, 145

Empowerment
, 2–4, 6, 9–10, 13–14, 19, 29–30, 38, 41, 43–44, 46, 49, 51–52, 54–56, 59, 61–62, 72, 93, 96–97, 99, 101, 105, 108, 111–112, 114, 123–124, 127–129, 131–132, 134, 136, 138–143, 145, 147

Endemic poverty
, 3–4, 70, 119, 123, 145

Energy For Everyone (EFE)
, 93

Environment and Development Action (ENDA)
, 51, 55, 74–78, 151, 156, 175

Environmental activism
, 78, 86

Environmental defenders
, 6, 140

Environmental impact assessments (EIA)
, 62

Environmental science (s)
, 44, 101–102, 135, 150, 183

Ethiopia
, 8, 100, 159, 179

Evidence-based learning
, 142

Experiential learning/wisdom
, 10, 106

Extreme weather events
, 35, 105, 106, 107, 149, 154

Facebook
, 62, 124, 125, 128, 132, 136, 137, 139

Farmers
, 1–4, 8, 14–17, 32–40, 48, 52, 70–71, 87, 105–120, 132–133, 138, 147, 149, 157, 159, 164n28, 167n62, 172n13, 183–184

Fashion industry
, 3, 52, 88–92, 158

fast-fashion
, 92

Female empowerment
, 142

in computer science
, 129–131

in cross-cultural communication
, 138–140

in digital feminist movements
, 124–127

in environmental and health sciences
, 134–136

in film production
, 143–145

in international development
, 132–134

in journalism and mass communication
, 136–138

in small business development
, 131–132

in social action
, 127–128

in social media
, 124

in visual arts
, 140–143

Female-centered approach
, 5–6, 27

in climate change programs
, 19

complexities of implementation
, 13–17

new ways of thinking about women’s leadership
, 6–7

reframing
, 9–13

results from field studies
, 7–9

Feminism (feminists)
, 12, 101, 124, 126

Feminist activists
, 147

“Feminist Participatory Action Research” approach
, 153

Fiji
, 28, 105–107, 109

Film production/projects
, 143–145

Floods
, 2, 5, 48, 113–119, 137, 149

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
, 22, 29

Food insecurity
, 5, 35, 48, 54, 59, 70–71, 109, 119, 169n3

Forestry
, 7, 79, 82, 86

Fragments of Hope (FOH)
, 60–71

French Development Agency
, 76

Fulbright fellowship
, 14, 175

FUNDAECO/Guatemala
, 72–74, 151, 169n24

Gender Action Plan (GAP)
, 22, 30

Gender equity
, 19–41, 46, 77, 108, 112, 129, 130, 143, 145, 150, 159, 164n28, 183

policies
, 129

results from field studies
, 27–31

the Bhungroo Story
, 31–35

in Turkana County (West Africa)
, 35–41

UNESCO, climate change, and gender equity
, 22–27

Gender Just Climate Solutions (GJCS)
, 5, 64–65, 72, 76, 95, 151, 153, 161n2, 175

Gender mainstreaming
, 35, 38, 79–80, 84, 88, 166n59, 181

Gender schema theory
, 10–13, 17, 180

Gender transformative
, 28

Gender-based violence (GBV)
, 28, 73, 127, 166n58, 175

Generative activity
, 142

Geographic information systems (GIS)
, 129

mapping
, 133

Ghana
, 9, 35, 179

Global climate change
, 129, 150

Global illuminators
, 134

Global North
, 7, 10–11, 17, 25, 33, 46, 61, 64, 83, 91, 97, 100, 106, 138, 143–144, 147, 172n16, 175

Global South
, 1–8, 10–11, 13, 19, 26–27, 35, 46–47, 57, 62, 64, 83, 90, 91, 97, 99, 101, 105, 107, 109, 110, 112, 119, 123, 126, 127, 130, 134, 138, 139, 143, 145, 147, 148, 150, 151, 153, 154, 159, 164n30, 175, 181

Global stocktaking
, 151–152

Greece
, 91, 152, 158

Green Revolution
, 109

Grenada
, 45, 184

Guatemala
, 3, 29, 51, 52, 54, 64–74, 78, 83, 87, 92–93, 127, 151, 155, 156, 165n48, 169n21, 184

Gujarat
, 3, 13, 14, 16, 17, 31, 33, 34, 48, 105, 111–119, 127, 131, 137, 171n42

Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI)
, 64

Haenyeo (women divers)
, 107–108

Harry Potter Alliance
, 145

Hashtag activism
, 124–125, 128

Hazara
, 45, 149, 182

Health sciences
, 134–136

Healthcare
, 3, 51, 59, 73, 129–130, 136, 151

innovations
, 155, 166n53, 169n3

nutrition
, 54, 65–67, 131, 135

relating to indigenous/refugee/rural communities
, 39–40, 72–75, 94–96, 136

risks/hazards from the environment
, 37, 81, 102, 148–149, 183

Hegemonic masculinities and patriarchy
, 8, 125

Hunsuhua
, 75–77

Imece (Inisifiyati)
, 52, 56, 93–96, 158

Improved Cookstoves program (ICS program/Vietnam)
, 79–83, 152, 176, 185

India
, 2, 3, 6, 8, 13–17, 19, 33, 47, 112, 128, 137, 143–145, 154

Barefoot College
, 93, 152, 158

Dongaria
, 45, 143, 144, 151

government
, 31–34, 159

journalists
, 136–138

oral histories
, 110–119

women’s empowerment
, 13, 16, 19, 31, 38, 47–48, 127, 130, 169n30, 179, 183–185

Indian Institute of Management
, 34

Indian Ministry of Women and Child Development
, 130

Indigenous (communities, groups, people, etc.)
, 2–3, 8–9, 16, 23–24, 44–46, 51, 54, 67–78, 105–107, 133, 140–144, 149–156, 180, 183

Indigenous women
, 68, 72, 78, 140, 149, 154

Indonesia
, 47, 123, 132–133, 169n26, 181, 184

Information and communication technology (ICT)
, 129, 130, 135–136, 139, 150, 176

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
, 99, 176

Instagram
, 124–125, 136

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
, 21, 22, 29, 84, 165n47, 176

Intergenerational mainstreaming
, 35

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
, 20, 21, 25

International Conference on Advanced Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (ICARSH)
, 136, 173n13

International Conference on Business, Law, and Pedagogy (ICBLP)
, 132, 184

International development
, 38, 40, 65, 82, 97, 109, 130–134, 147–152, 172

International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA)
, 134

International non-governmental organizations (INGOs)
, 87

International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)
, 102

International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
, 20, 25, 26, 85, 157, 164n11, 176

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)
, 137

Iran
, 44, 127

Irrigation (see also Bhungroo)

government roles
, 32, 34, 131

Kenya
, 166–167n59, 167–168n62

Native American
, 17

needs in Gaza
, 101

poor communities
, 118

symbol of survival
, 48

systems
, 5, 14, 40, 117

training at-risk populations (boys)
, 112

women’s roles
, 14, 16, 19, 32–41, 114, 166n58

Irrigation technology
, 2, 3, 6, 14, 38, 111–112

installation of
, 17, 34, 36, 113

Italian law
, 89–90

Italy
, 3, 52, 55, 88–92, 97, 145, 158, 169n21, 170n31, 183

Japan’s Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund
, 87

Jharkhand
, 14, 17, 137, 171n42, 173n28

Journalism
, 4, 123, 127, 131, 136–138

journalists
, 47, 62, 136–138, 147, 155, 162n23, 173n18, 179

Karnataka
, 14, 16, 109, 171n42, 182

Kenya
, 8, 19, 29, 35, 37, 39, 40, 70, 149, 154, 155, 166, 167n59, 167–168n62, 179–180, 182–184

Mukuru Clean Stoves
, 154

Turkana
, 35–41, 166n58, 167–168n62, 179–180

Khabar Lahariya
, 136–138

Knowledge society
, 129

Kudumbashree mission
, 131–132, 179

Latin America
, 51, 71, 74, 75, 77, 108, 141, 151

Leadership
, 6–9, 13, 20, 22, 25, 28, 32–33, 35, 38, 53, 56, 72, 76, 78, 80–82, 88, 99, 149, 165n47, 177

Liberation theology
, 51, 55, 74, 78

Loss and damage
, 147–148, 151

Madagascar
, 8, 28, 44

Maharashtra
, 14–16, 171n42

Malawi
, 8, 180

Malaysia
, 87, 123, 134, 150, 157

Malaysian government
, 134–135

Mali
, 30, 76, 156

Mam communities
, 3, 51, 70, 151, 155

Marginalized (communities, groups, people)
, 3, 30, 52, 79, 81, 95, 137, 138, 144, 149, 159

Masculine (traits, behavior) 12–13

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory
, 27, 38

Mass communication
, 131, 136–138

MealFlour project
, 64–71, 83, 169n23

Mealworms (Tenebrious molitor)
, 67

Men
, 3, 7–17, 26–37, 44, 46, 49, 73–84, 89–117, 120–143, 166–167n59, 168n20

MeToo Movements
, 7, 123

Microfranchise model
, 67

Micro-blogs
, 136

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
, 101–102, 176

Migrants
, 55, 89, 90, 91, 94, 118, 147, 149–150, 152

Migration
, 3, 5, 13, 27, 30, 36, 44, 52, 69, 106, 149, 179

Mining project
, 145

Misinformation
, 139

Mitigation
, 6, 44, 76, 99, 150–152, 167–168n62

Momentum for Change (MfC)
, 83–84

Moneyed economy
, 49, 100

Naireeta Services
, 32–34, 166n58

National Endowment for Humanities project
, 46

National Rural Livelihood Government Program
, 32

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
, 21–22, 29, 148, 165n47, 176

Native Americans
, 17, 24, 144

Natural resource management
, 2, 8, 161n1

Neighborhood groups (NHG)
, 131–132, 176

Nepal
, 8, 28–29, 165n48, 180

Nicaragua
, 8, 181

Niyamgiri
, 45, 143–145, 180

Non-binary approach
, 10, 13

Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
, 2, 20, 28, 29, 46, 47, 52, 57, 61, 71, 72, 100, 102, 107, 109, 135, 155–159, 171n43

Oral histories
, 9–12, 18, 24, 27, 77

AEEFG/Tunisia
, 101–104

digital collections
, 162n23, 172n14

ENDA/Colombia
, 74–78

Female Activists/Thailand
, 83–88

Fragments of Hope/Belize
, 60–71

FUNDAECO/Guatemala
, 72–74

ICS/Vietnam
, 79–83

Progetto Quid/Italy
, 88–92

reflexive feminist methodologies
, 43–57, 153

RUCODE/Uganda
, 97–100

in rural communities
, 3, 105–121

Solar Age Project/Türkiye
, 92–96

Todos Juntos Meal Flour Project/Guatemala
, 64–71

women’s
, 105–110, 151–152, 179

OXFAM
, 40, 101, 159, 167–168n62

Paraguay
, 140

Paris Agreement (Paris Climate Accords)
, 5, 21, 22, 30, 176

Paris Committee on Capacity Building (PCCB)
, 46

Participatory action research (PAR) (methodologies)
, 132, 133, 153, 176

Pastoral (ism)
, 36, 179

Pastoralists
, 36–37

Patriarchal societies (social structures, norms, etc.)
, 2, 7, 9, 13, 19, 23, 30, 33, 44, 48, 49, 51, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 81, 85, 100, 110, 111, 114, 116, 124, 128, 130, 148, 152, 156, 162n15, 181

Patriarchy index
, 8, 162n16

Placencia Tour Guide Association
, 60

Population growth/overpopulation
, 37, 119

Portugal
, 91, 152, 158

Progetto Quid/Italy
, 52, 55, 88–92, 97, 183

Quid (Italian clothing manufacturing company)
, 93, 94, 152, 158

Randomized controlled trials (RCT)
, 99, 176, 177

Recycling
, 3, 5, 51, 63–64, 75–78, 151, 156

REDD+ programs
, 21, 27–28, 165n40, 180, 183

Reflexive feminist methodologies
, 43–57, 93, 168n13

as a participatory methodology
, 133

Reflexive narrative
, 59

Reflexive oral histories
, 151, 153

Refugee
, 91, 93–96, 140, 143, 158

refugee camps
, 3, 52, 93, 149, 158

Rengginang business
, 133

Resilience
, 6, 21, 26, 37, 40, 44, 52, 56, 149, 150, 164n28, 169n30, 182, 184

Resource-poor women communities
, 97

Rural communities
, 3, 16, 22, 37, 40, 51, 72, 85, 93, 105, 110, 119, 127–129, 139, 148, 152, 156, 167–168n62, 182

Rural Country Development Organization (RUCODE) /Uganda
, 97–100, 147, 159

strategies
, 99

Rural women
, 5–6, 8, 10, 14, 25, 27, 37, 46, 98, 109, 112, 115, 123, 126–127, 130–145, 149, 150, 154, 161n1, 172n6, 179, 184

Rwanda
, 30, 169n5

Sandwatch (UNESCO program)
, 62, 155

Saudi Arabia
, 44, 123, 127–128

Second-tier activism
, 145

Self-actualization (world betterment)
, 2, 27, 30, 39, 142, 182

Self-help groups (SHG)
, 16, 172n6, 176

Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
, 30

Senegal
, 9, 76, 156, 184

Severe weather-related events
, 3, 106, 115

Shantou International Container Terminals Ltd
, 84

Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
, 1

Sindh Agriculture Women’s Protection Act (2020)
, 153

Small business development
, 11, 131–132

Small island developing states (SIDS)
, 148, 176

Social action
, 127–128

social activists
, 124

Social change
, 1, 2, 20, 41, 57, 82, 88, 96, 108, 119, 128–129, 139, 142

Social enterprise
, 3, 32, 34, 52, 65–66, 89–91, 98, 115, 118, 131, 154, 165–166n53, 169n3, 183

Social entrepreneurs
, 3–4, 14, 64, 93, 105, 111, 123, 145

Social hierarchies
, 17

Social media
, 4, 30, 45–46, 64, 77, 123–145, 150, 162n23, 168n17, 179, 184

Social networks
, 44, 124, 136

Solar Age Project/Türkiye
, 92–96, 152

Solar batteries
, 3, 52, 93, 94–96, 158

Solidarity Market event
, 77, 156

South Africa
, 8, 30, 123, 138–139, 141, 166n58, 183

South African Department of Women
, 142

South Asia
, 6, 26

South Korea (Haenyeo Women Divers)
, 107, 169n26, 180

Southeast Asia
, 2, 43, 51, 53, 59, 79, 173n13

Southern Environmental Association
, 61, 155

Spain
, 91, 152, 158

Subsystem (for formal banks)
, 131

Survival International
, 143–145

Sustainability
, 25, 40, 68, 74, 75, 87, 97, 157, 161n1, 165, 166n54, 183

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
, 6, 20, 21, 23, 25, 30, 148, 161n5, 164n28, 176

Syria(n)
, 3, 52, 56, 93, 96, 140, 149, 158

Tabloid dissemination
, 126

Taiwan
, 106, 108–109, 171n4, 185

Tambon Administrative Organization (TAO)
, 87, 157, 177

Tanzania
, 28–29, 165n48

Telegram
, 128, 136

Text messages
, 136

Thailand
, 3, 8, 47, 51, 53, 55, 83–88, 148, 156–157, 169n26, 181

Todos Juntos Meal Flour Project/Guatemala
, 64–71, 78, 92, 169n2, 169n4

Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE)
, 61, 177

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)
, 70, 106–108, 151, 177, 180

Translational (advocates, relationships, knowledge)
, 40, 43, 61

Transnational advocacy, oral history for
, 43–46

Transnational advocacy networks (TANs)
, 27, 43, 45, 59, 169n26, 176, 181

Transnational advocates (advocacy, groups)
, 40, 99, 143, 181

Transnational networks
, 54

Tsunamis
, 106, 149

Tunisia
, 3, 52, 56, 96, 101–104, 148, 159, 169n21, 185

Tunisian Revolution
, 101, 102

Turkana Basin Institute (TBI)
, 35, 167–168n62

Turkana County, possibility of Bhungroo in
, 35–41

Turkish government
, 93, 94, 95, 158

Tűrkiye
, 3, 52, 55, 56, 92–96, 123–127, 149, 152, 158, 168n13, 172

Twitter
, 124, 125, 136, 137, 139

UçanSüpürge (Flying Broom)
, 126

Uganda
, 3, 29, 52, 56, 88, 96–100, 147, 149, 159, 165n48, 169n21, 171, 183

Ukraine
, 96, 145

UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
, 94, 177

Unconventional methods
, 43, 47

United Nations (UN)
, 5, 6, 22, 29, 33, 147, 170n14

affiliated organization
, 71

Food and Agriculture Organization
, 22

General Assembly
, 6, 23

Paris Agreement
, 22, 176

PCCB
, 46

SDGs
, 20, 30, 102, 141, 148, 164n29

Sub-Commission on Human Rights
, 11

United Nations Center for Constitutional Research
, 60

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)
, 97, 159, 177

United Nations Economic and Social Council
, 166–167n59

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 19, 20, 22–27, 150, 177

United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC)
, 5, 6, 14, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34, 37, 60, 70, 72, 84, 88, 97, 101, 140, 151, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 161n1, 161n6, 163n1, 165n40, 166n54, 169n4, 177

Gender Action Plan
, 30

Nationally Determined Contribution
, 22, 84

programs
, 29, 37

United Nations World Food Program (me)
, 97, 159

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
, 17, 40, 55, 79, 83, 88, 98, 156, 159, 167–168n62, 170n16, 177, 181, 185

University of Chicago
, 65, 68, 70, 155, 169n3

Uttar Pradesh
, 14, 32, 137, 171n42

Vietnam
, 3, 28, 35, 47, 53, 55, 79–83, 88, 127, 152, 156, 169n26, 170n21, 177, 185

Vietnam Women’s Union (Vietnam WU)
, 79–83, 156, 177

Visual arts
, 4, 140–143

film production
, 143–145

Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns (VEDCO)
, 97, 159, 177

Vudi (native plant)
, 106

W+™ Standard
, 37, 38, 39, 166n58, 167n61, 181

Water (human) rights
, 34, 75, 92, 143, 153

Water, oral histories
, 111–119

Water, symbol of
, 48, 76, 106

Water conservation technology
, 14, 40, 111–112, 166n58, 167–168n62, 180

Water filtration
, 36

Water pollution
, 36, 63, 78, 86, 91

Water scarcity
, 29, 36–40, 66, 68, 94, 109, 133, 141, 164n29, 180, 182

Weather events
, 35, 106, 149

West Pokot
, 39–40

Women (’s)

Climate Leadership program
, 149

collectives
, 3, 51, 75, 77, 151, 156

empowerment
, 2, 3, 6, 13, 14, 30, 41, 51, 52, 56, 72, 93–99, 100–101, 105, 114, 123, 128, 129, 131, 134, 136, 140, 143, 147, 159, 185

new ways of thinking about women’s leadership
, 6–7

self-actualization
, 2, 30, 39, 142

sense of purpose
, 17, 19, 26, 27, 28, 29, 35, 38, 43, 44, 142

Women and Gender Constituency (WGC)
, 5, 6, 9, 69, 71, 95, 97, 141, 153, 161n1, 165n40, 177

Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF)
, 77, 152, 163n1, 177

Women Environmental Programme (WEP)
, 102, 159, 161n1

Women for Results awards program
, 60, 84, 88, 97, 155, 157, 158, 159, 161n6, 166n54, 169n22, 172n12

Women Organizing for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (WOCAN)
, 7, 38, 161n1, 166n56, 177

Women-led community education
, 3, 52

Women’s Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
, 71, 140, 155, 161n1, 173n22, 177

Women2Drive
, 128

Workplace discrimination
, 89, 126

World Bank
, 37, 40, 168n62

World Food Program (WFP)
, 66, 97, 159, 177

World Heritage Leadership (WHL)
, 20, 25

World Heritage network
, 26

World heritage sites
, 20, 24, 25

World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
, 21, 28

Youth
, 14, 16, 40, 56, 75–77, 102, 136, 139, 145–148, 167–168n62, 169n3, 183

YouTube
, 124, 125, 128, 136, 137, 138, 143, 145

Zimbabwe
, 8, 107, 109, 183