| Cote: |
1172 |
| Auteur: |
WÄFLER Tabea |
| Année: |
Juin 2020 |
| Titre: |
Gendered household waste management practices. Case study: Boralesgamuwa, Sri Lanka |
| Sous la direction de: |
Prof. René Véron |
| Type: |
Mémoire de master en géographie |
| Pages: |
100 |
| Complément: |
10 pages d'annexes (questionnaire, interviews) |
| Fichier PDF: |
 Mémoire [55 Mo]
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| Mots-clés: |
Household waste management / gender / household chores / household division of labour / urban space / Sri Lanka |
| Résumé: |
Waste management is a growing concern since negative impacts on health and the environment are severe when waste is mis-managed. The world’s population grows continuously, which produces a lot of waste every day. The purpose of this study is to see in what ways household waste practices are gendered. Feminist Urban Political Ecology helped to approach the relationship between waste and homeowners via a lens of differences in gender in everyday practices at the household level. Household questionnaires and semi-structured interviews with waste collectors were combined with direct observation sessions, which allowed this study to address these questions in the urban context of Boralesgamuwa in Colombo (Sri Lanka). The study revealed a major contribution on the part of women as compared to men in completing household chores, and as a result in the storage and disposal of different waste types at the household level. This gendered role in the responsibility for waste management at the household level indicates that men and women are involved in and affected by waste management differently. As women usually manage the household waste, their work burden increases with the difficulties associated with the waste management situation in the country. Women should therefore be enabled to formulate and express their views and to participate in decision-making concerning sustainable waste management practices. |