The Challenges of Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence and Climate (In)justice: Tensions and Challenges for the Sport for Development and Peace Sector
摘要
This chapter explores the impact of two interrelated worldwide crises with implications for gender inequality and sport for development and peace (SDP) programming: escalating rates of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and the climate crisis. SGBV affects one in three women globally and, we suggest, has been exacerbated by climate crises and societal stresses like COVID-19. SDP NGOs have attempted to address these challenges, emphasising programming focused on sexual and reproductive health rights, and climate justice. However, the intersections of gender inequality, SGBV, and climate change remain understudied in SDP scholarship. We contend a decolonial feminist climate justice approach and digital participatory action research offers more power-sensitive, accountable, and reflexive orientations for SDP scholars and practitioners to use in navigating these unfolding social and environmental disasters. We suggest these approaches uphold multiple centres of power and are ultimately better positioned to respond to the challenging social and structural conditions presented by increasing SGBV and climate coloniality. To anchor our argument, we reflect on experiences of a decade of research in SDP in various contexts. Overall, this chapter aims to shed light on the complexities of addressing SGBV and climate coloniality in and through SDP, offering insights for a more equitable and sustainable future.