Women´s organized resistance against extractivism : A systematic review
Ramasar, Vasna LU
; Caretta, Martina Angela
LU
and Côte, Muriel
LU
(2026)
In The Extractive Industries and Society
27.
- Abstract
- In parallel with the exponential increase in extractivism around the world, comes social movements resisting such processes and advocating for alternative forms of development. Extractivism - a mode of accumulation associated with capitalism - is problematic due to the socio-ecological destruction that is embedded in its logics. Opposition to extractivism has intensified and in many instances, women are at the forefront of resistance movements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of 80 peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2000 and 2025 about the gendered dimensions of resistance to extractivism. Our study finds that while publications are increasing, there is an imbalance in scholarship focused on the... (More)
- In parallel with the exponential increase in extractivism around the world, comes social movements resisting such processes and advocating for alternative forms of development. Extractivism - a mode of accumulation associated with capitalism - is problematic due to the socio-ecological destruction that is embedded in its logics. Opposition to extractivism has intensified and in many instances, women are at the forefront of resistance movements. This paper presents the results of a systematic review of 80 peer-reviewed articles published in English between 2000 and 2025 about the gendered dimensions of resistance to extractivism. Our study finds that while publications are increasing, there is an imbalance in scholarship focused on the Global South, especially Latin America. When examining the contours of resistance to extractivism, political economy, feminist political ecology, and local and Indigenous epistemologies are among a range of theoretical entry points used by authors. We find that the motivations for resistance and the strategies of resisting are myriad and nuanced leading to sophisticated analysis of the challenges of extractivism as well as the paths to resistance. In many of the studies marginalised voices are investigated at the intersection of gender along with race, class or ethnicity. From a scholarly standpoint, synergies should be furthered explored, drawing on the concepts of care and coloniality. From an activist stanpont, this opens up opportunities for greater coalition building within resistance movements.The opportunity now lies in deepening our transnational analytical understanding of this phenomenon. (Less)
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LU
and Côte, Muriel
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- gender, resistance, extractivism, feminist analysis, systematice review, mining, transnational analysis
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- 101909
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- 14 pages
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- 10.1016/j.exis.2026.101909
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