Preparation of technical documentation and papers for the Fifth African Regional Conference on Women (1994) and preparatory to the Fourth World Conference on Women (1995): Women, Environment and Sustainable Development

The sub-themes of this document illustrate how women's capacities in environment management attempt to avert or repair environmental degradation. But despite women's leadership in environmental management, women and environment are still a marginal issue. This document discuses the issue of Women, Environment and Sustainable Development in the following areas:Drinking water and sanitation, Land tenure and food security, Sustainable shelter, Women and disaster management, Energy and Forestry and Education and Training.