Gender Equality for a Thriving, Sustainable Arctic

Sustainability

Andrey Petrov¹  Erika Hayfield²  Eva-Maria Svensson³  Karla Jessen Williamson⁴  Marya Rozanova-Smith⁵  Sarah Seabrook Kendall⁶  Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson⁷  Embla Eir Oddsdóttir⁸  Varvara Korkina Williams⁹  Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv^1,10  Tahnee Prior^1,11  Malgorzata (Gosia) Smieszek^1,12 

[1] ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614, USA;Department of History and Social Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, 100 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands;Department of Law, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden;Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2, Canada;Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA;Environment and Natural Resources, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, 102 Reykjavík, Iceland;Gender Equality in the Arctic (GEA), Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, 600 Akureyri, Iceland;Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network, 600 Akureyri, Iceland;Indigenous Independent Scholar, Cedar Falls, IA 50613, USA;Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO), NO-0186 Oslo, Norway;Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS B3H 4R2, Canada;UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, 9019 Tromsø, Norway;

关键词: gender;    equality;    empowerment;    engagement;    Indigenous;    data;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su131910825

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

On 21 May 2021, a milestone Pan-Arctic Report: Gender Equality in the Arctic was published in tandem with the Arctic Council’s Ministerial Meeting held in Reykjavík, 19–20 May 2021. This article provides a brief review of the report and its major findings across six chapters that address key themes concerning gender equality in the Arctic: Law and Governance, Security, Gender and Environment, Migration and Mobility, Indigeneity, Gender, Violence, Reconciliation and Empowerment and Fate Control. A major conclusion of the report is that accessible, comparable, gender-disaggregated, and Arctic -specific data is severely lacking. Further, all chapters highlight the importance of gender-based analysis and gender mainstreaming in all decision-making processes at national and regional levels. The varying roles that gender—and its intersections with existing inequalities—plays in mediating the impacts of climate change and other socioeconomic transformations are also discussed throughout the report. The Arctic Council is identified as the main driver for implementing recommendations that were provided and discussed at the Council’s Ministerial Meeting and in the Reykjavík Declaration 2021, where the eight ministers of Arctic states “Emphasize[s] the importance of gender equality and respect for diversity for sustainable development in the Arctic… encourage[s] the mainstreaming of gender-based analysis in the work of the Arctic Council and call[s] for further action to advance gender equality in the Arctic”. This report and its policy relevant highlights, address these priorities and serve as a knowledge base for promoting gender equality and non-discrimination in the Arctic.

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