Women ́s Perspectives on Sustainable Development in Brazil

1. Overview of Main Issues affecting Women and Environment in Brazil 1.1. Brazilian Women’s Representation in Numbers 1.1.1. Education and Employment 1.1.2. Reproductive Health 1.1.3 Politics 1.2 Women and the Environment: Specific Environmental Issues 1.3 State Reforms: Change in Governmental Practices in Key Sectors 2. The Emergence of a Women's Global Movement on Sustainable Development and its Consequences for Brazil 2.1. Women’s Action Agenda 21: The Policies 2.1.1 Women’s Action Agenda for a Peaceful and Healthy Planet 2015: Rio +10 2.2. Gender Policies for Sustainable Development in Brazil 2.2.1 Brazilian Gender Policies and Practices in the 1990s 2.3 Women's Action Agenda 21: the local initiatives 2.3.1 Women’s Leadership and Local Governance 2.3.2 Capacity Building Model for Women’s Leadership on Sustainable Development 2.3.3 Radio as a Source of Mobilization, Organization and Empowerment 2.4 Challenges that remain to be addressed 3. Current strategies for Mobilizing Brazilian Women’s Participation and Involvement 3.1. A Twofold Strategy to Generate Gender Sensitive Data 3.1.1 Gender Sensitive Indicators as Tools 3.2 Other instruments for Ensuring Women's Participation 4. Concluding Remarks: Perspectives for the Brazilian Women’s Participation in Sustainable Development Appendix Acknowledgements Glossary Bibliography Biographical Sketch