Mountain Research and Development announces an issue focusing on
Women in Mountains
- What role do women play in mountain development?
- What challenges do women face in mountainous environments around the world?
- How can awareness of gender issues in mountains be increased?
This section is being prepared in collaboration with several experts involved in IYM committees, in particular with the "Celebrating Mountain Women" Steering Committee, who is organizing a major meeting in Kathmandu Nepal (28-31 May, 2002), with a mirror event in Chambery, France.
In IYM 2002 and beyond, MRD will...
...discuss development issues related to:
- Soil and water conservation
- Ecotourism
- Women in mountains
- Conflict resolution in mountain areas
- IYM 2002 follow-up
- Fresh Water
- GIS and other tools for sustainable mountain development
- Protected areas
- Mountains on every continent
- New scientific findings
- Novel tools and technologies
- Innovative concepts and approaches
- Trans-disciplinary topics
institutions, conferences, books, films, CD-Roms in
- Mountain Platform
- Mountain Notes
- Mountain Media
- Mountain Views
MRD Editorial Office
Centre for Development and Environment
Institute of Geography, University of Berne
Hallerstrasse 12
3012 Berne Switzerland
Email: mrd-journal@giub.unibe.ch
Web: http://www.mrd-journal.org/
