Women and gender issues relate to environment change and natural resource extraction depending on both the geographical setting – semi-arid, humid, and forest, as well as environmental zones with great mineral wealth – and people's beliefs and cultural practices surrounding resource use. Sub-Saharan Africa has great geographical, socioeconomic and religious diversities. The predominantly Muslim countries (where Muslims form over 50 percent of the population) are Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Nige…