ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a discussion of the historical and evolving role of gender justice in the global movement for food sovereignty. While an explicit commitment to gender equity has been embedded in the food sovereignty concept from its earliest articulations, it is a broad movement with a wide range of stakeholders and priorities. Some critics argue that the breadth of the food sovereignty vision has led to internal contradictions, and practical efforts to attain gender equity have lagged. The chapter outlines some of the perceived contradictions between gender justice and other specified food sovereignty goals. It then explores the possibility of alleviating some of these internal tensions by situating food sovereignty within an ecological feminist theoretical framework.
