Environmental Justice As a Gender Issue
Language: English
Environmental justice refers to the set of needs and outcomes related to a healthy environment, equal access to environmental goods, equal protection from environmental harm, and equal participation in decision-making about these issues.Traditionally, race and income have been the social categories that have received the most attention in relation to environmental justice. Women have always been present and active in environmental justice movements. Still, it is only recently that the gender dimension and issues directly related to environmental justice have begun to gain visibility. On a global scale, gendered environmental injustice is evident and is compounded by the intersection of factors such as class, age, income, ethnic or national minority status.
The panel aims to explore the multiple dimensions of the relationship between gender and environmental justice from a socio-legal and interdisciplinary perspective. We are interested in theoretical and empirical proposals for the analysis of issues such as (among others):
- the macro-factors influencing different forms of injustice, such as capitalism and patriarchy;
- the forms of struggle for environmental justice at the transnational and local levels, including online;
- Women’s participation in environmental decision-making in global and/or local South-North dynamics;
- the ethical underpinnings of the struggles for environmental justice;
- ecofeminism (including anti-speciesist ecofeminism), ecoactivism and intersectional environmentalism;
- the relationship between human beings and nature, and the social dimension of the environment, in particular regarding the impact on women and their rights
(Session organized by RCSL Working Group Gender, Law and Society)