A study on gender equality as a prerequisite for sustainable development

To what extent do women live more sustainably than men, leave a smaller ecological footprint and cause less climate change? This ideas paper studies what we know about gender equality as a prerequisite for sustainable development. The author illustrates how a gender perspective can facilitate more sustainable economic growth and well-being, directed more towards counter acting female time-poverty as compared to material consumption primarily benefiting rich men while also creating more job opportunities within the service sector which can help increase overall human wellbeing. The paper..