Guest editorial: Women and the environment
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/JCEFTS-10-2022-076 |
| Published date | 01 November 2022 |
| Date | 01 November 2022 |
| Pages | 217-218 |
| Author | Hoda Hassaballa,Dimitrios Paparas |
Guest editorial: Women and the
environment
We would like to welcome you to “Women and the Environment”, a special issue of the
Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies. There is an ongoing debate on
the nature and direction of the relationship between women and the environment. The
topic, in specific, is interesting due to its broad scope, as it has economic, sociological and
behavioural dimensions. In addition, it has huge implications in promoting sustainable
development. Hence, the purpose of this special issue is to provide a comprehensive view
of the women-environment relationship through presenting research papers that analyse
this relationship from different angles. Papers shedding light on the observed impact of
women on the environment, the future implications and strategies to take the outmost of
women-environment relationship were considered. We hope that the special issue papers
constitute a step forward to have a better understanding of women–environment
relationship and pave the way for other interested researchers in this matter to
investigate this relationship further. The special issue papers study women–environment
relationship from economic, social and cultural perspectives. This is done in both
developing and developed countries through examining the effect of gender bias on
environmental quality, effect of social initiatives on women and land relationship,
women’s vulnerability during natural disasters, women-environment two-way
relationship, gender diversity in corporate boards effect on the environment and the
effect of women’s savings on rural development.
For instance, in the paper by Elish, the impact of the gender gap on the ecological
footprint (EFP) corresponding to its different quantiles is investigated. Quantile panel
regression for 24 countries during the period 2006 to 2017 is used. The main findingin this
paper is that the gender gap effect on EFP varies in accordance with quantiles. The main
value of this paper is the use of the quantilepanel regression, which is rarely used in gender
and environmental studies.
In the same line but from a different angle, the paper by Sileem and Al-Ayouty studies
the effect of gender equality on the carbon intensity of well-being (CIWB). This is done for
the MENA region and Turkey duringthe period 1995–2018 using the two-way fixed effects
Prais–Winsten regressionwith panel-corrected standard errors. Again, their resultsshowed
mixed effects on CIWB. In one hand, the increase of female educationalattainment and the
female labour force participationrate decrease CIWB. On the other hand, the younger female
population and the younger population, in general, increase CIWB. This is a quite
interesting topic due to its implications in ecological efficiency in the MENA region and
Turkey in specific and in integrating the gender equality dimension in the CIWB–climate
change literaturein general.
The paper by Khodary incorporates the sociocultural dimension in studying the
relationship between women and sustainability. This is done through assessing how
perceptions and practices of rural communities in Sohag and Assuit governorates in Egypt
towards women’s ownership and inheritance of land varies because of feminist
organisations social initiatives. The paper uses survey analysis complemented by eight
focus group discussions withdifferent societal groups to gain a deeper perspective. What is
so worthy of this paper is its finding of the positiveeffect of social initiatives in altering the
social norms and practicesregarding women–land relationship.
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Journalof Chinese Economic and
ForeignTrade Studies
Vol.15 No. 3, 2022
pp. 217-218
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DOI 10.1108/JCEFTS-10-2022-076
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