FRANCO-GARCIA

User profile

Prof.

MARIA

FRANCO-GARCIA

Brazil

Area of expertise, interest, main activities...: 

rural development, gender and environment

About you (please use English): 

Professor at the Department of Geosciences of the Federal University of Paraiba, Brasil. Line of research: gender and territory.

Scientific discipline: 

Natural sciences, Earth and related environmental sciences, Social sciences, Social and economic geography

Stakeholder group: 

Science stakeholders, Teachers, educators, learners, Trade unions of scientists, Scientists & Researcher, Gender equality stakeholders, Gender networks (women’s, men's, sexuality,...), Women scientists’ organizations, Gender in science offices and committees, Gender equality NGO’s and lobbies

Contact details

Spoken languages: 

English

Portuguese, Brazil

Spanish

City: 

Joao Pessoa

GenPORT Gender Expert2Expert Directory

Would you like to form part of the GenPORT Gender Expert database?: 

Yes

Area of Gender Expertise: 

Gender in biodiversity conservation

Gender in ecology

Gender in environmental sciences

Gender in geosciences

Gender in in cultural and economic geography

Gender in space

Women and gender studies

Country coverage: 

Latin America, Brazil

Skills and track record: 

Coordinator of research projects on rural development and women in Brazil during the last 20 years. Collaborator with rural peasant, indigenous and quilombola organizations in Brazil.