ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some of the complex ways in which gender is linked to, and fundamentally shapes, resource politics, especially in relation to land, water and food. It first identifies the conceptual linkages between gender and natural resources from a political economy perspective. The impact of development projects, globalisation and corporatisation of resources on everyday lives of people demonstrate these linkages across regions and resources. The chapter then provides an overview of the ‘gender gap’ in assets (mainly land and water) that exists in agriculture in countries in the Global South, its consequences and the factors that facilitate this inequity. The concluding section examines a range of policy and activist responses to the issues identified in the chapter.
