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Intergenerational grounding of women's environmental non-migration
Bishawjit Mallick1, Julia van den Berg1
1Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Faculty of Geoscience, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Population and Environment
|March 24, 2025
Summary
Women
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Sociology
- Gender Studies
Background:
- Communities face climate-driven livelihood challenges.
- Women's decisions on voluntary immobility are influenced by environmental risks.
- Intergenerational learning and intellectual capital play a role in these decisions.
Purpose of the Study:
- Examine the impact of intergenerational learning and intellectual capital on women's voluntary immobility decisions.
- Analyze how women experience decisions to stay amidst environmental risks.
- Investigate socio-ecological factors influencing women's attachment to home.
Main Methods:
- Conducted life-story interviews with 70 women from 25 households.
- Focused on five environmental hazard-prone sites in Bangladesh.
- Analyzed traditional gender roles and their influence on mobility choices.
Main Results:
- Traditional gender roles both support and limit women's autonomy in mobility decisions.
- Systemic barriers include child marriage, financial instability, domestic duties, male authority, and gendered expectations.
- These factors impede women's ability to migrate even when desired.
Conclusions:
- Intergenerational knowledge transfer shapes women's immobility decisions.
- Gendered expectations and systemic barriers are significant in women's (non-)migration.
- Understanding these dynamics is crucial for developing sustainable adaptation pathways.
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