Women's relationship with the environment
Davidson, J.
Focus on Gender 1(1): 5-10
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0968-2864 PMID: 12287131 DOI: 10.1080/09682869308519944Document Number: 331042
Most development activities affect their surroundings. Changes in agriculture, forestry and water and waste management all have local environmental implications which affect women. Women are also directly affected by specifically environmental activities designed to rehabilitate degraded areas, reduce pollution or conserve genetic variety. This paper examines the way in which women relate to a number of different natural resources. The analyses show how and why women's interests have been damaged and how they have responded to environmental crises. They look at women's relationship with the land, water, forests and energy. Continuing conflicts between and within states have devastating environmental consequences and women are frequently hard hit, as they are presently in Ethiopia, Mozambique and elsewhere in Africa. Conflict prevents any long term investment in conservation measures.