Using a Feminist and Green Social Justice Perspective to Better Understand Governance of Wildlife Trafficking in Mexico

Abstract

Representation, recognition, and redistribution form the tripartite model of engendered social justice. The model can help assess participatory parity in governance of wildlife trafficking. Patriarchy is the historical social system of social inequality, violence, subordination, and injustice that organizes people, power, social spaces, activities, resources, and relations according to political hierarchies in favor of the male gender. This chapter uses the tripartite model to explore participatory parity in administration of green justice focused on wildlife trafficking in Mexico, assessing spheres of gendered representation in various institutions involved in wildlife management and trafficking. The chapter reminds us that having women in key positions where they can make laws, direct environmental protection agencies, and enforce laws does not translate into gender equality automatically. The authors remind readers why it is important to include political representation as a transversal axis in supporting green and social justice.