Contributions of rural women to knowledge of medicinal plants in México. Gender analysis

Authors

  • Pilar Alberti-Manzanares

Abstract

This article presents the wide knowledge that women have about
medicinal plants and uses they have given them to cure the most
common illnesses in the municipality of Santa María Nativitas,
Tlaxcala. Botanical studies with a gender perspective highlight
the different ways that men and women have of relating to natural
resources. It is important to show women's wisdom regarding
medicinal plants, but it is also important to point our that there
are women who know about timber-yielding and commercial
plants, just like there are men who are healing men and midwives.
It is concluded that there is no need to label men and women into
traditional roles in regards to their knowledge of plants, but
rather that it is important to detect and value the contributions
that both genders bring to botanical knowledge.

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2006-06-06

How to Cite

Alberti-Manzanares, P. (2006). Contributions of rural women to knowledge of medicinal plants in México. Gender analysis. Agricultura, Sociedad Y Desarrollo, 3(2), 139–153. Retrieved from https://www.revista-asyd.org/index.php/asyd/article/view/1053

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2006): Agricultura Sociedad y Desarrollo

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