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Morgan, Mayra Sanchez.

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Ecotourism and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study in Quintana Roo Mexico.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Ecotourism and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study in Quintana Roo Mexico./
作者:	Morgan, Mayra Sanchez.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
面頁冊數:	185 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-09, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-09A.
標題:	Environmental studies. -
電子資源:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=22622570
ISBN:	9781392514191

Ecotourism and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study in Quintana Roo Mexico.
Morgan, Mayra Sanchez.

Ecotourism and Women's Empowerment: A Case Study in Quintana Roo Mexico. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 185 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-09, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan Technological University, 2019.

This item is not available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.

Globally, women make up a relatively large proportion of the tourism workforce; however, they usually do menial jobs and earn lower wages than men doing the same job. Traditional gender expectations and unequal power relations between women and men persist, limiting women's opportunities. Ecotourism could be a tool for sustainable development and might be expected to empower women, given its explicit attention to social justice, grassroots development, and empowering local people. However, it may primarily empower groups that already have power, and not those who already are in disadvantaged positions, including women. Without explicitly considering gender and power complexities, ecotourism might be a "gender blind" industry that only reinforces traditional gender expectations instead of promoting gender equity, women's empowerment, and social justice. The purpose of this research is to understand the processes through which ecotourism empowers or disempowers women. My research analyzes two ecotourism projects in rural Mexico. One formed exclusively by women and another with male and female participation. I also examine how Mexican tourism and ecotourism policies incorporate women and gender equity. Results show that power is concentrated in an elite group of male decision-makers who control resources. International, federal, and local tourism and ecotourism policies rarely incorporate gender or women's empowerment, and when they do goals are not set, progress is not tracked, and implementation is often voluntary and not appropriately incentivized. The most successful federal policies that aim to integrate women in ecotourism projects only lead to nominal inclusion. Even in the case where the ecotourism project is entirely organized and run by women, local gender expectations prevent women from fully participating in and committing to the ecotourism cooperative. Women's lives, in this rural Mexican context, are constrained by existing family and work demands (first and second shifts), so that taking on the additional work of starting and running an effective ecotourism project (a third shift) is beyond their capabilities. Ultimately, I argue that the Mexican ecotourism industry largely reinforces traditional gender expectations and perpetuates existing power divisions, putting women in disadvantaged positions instead of promoting empowerment as it promises.

ISBN: 9781392514191Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Environmental studies.
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