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WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT CONECTIONS COURSE 878

WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT CONECTIONS COURSE 878. Dr Riffat Haque 8.10.2012. NATURAL SCIENCES CHEMICAL: WATER, SOIL, NUTRIENTS, ATMOSPHERE ETC. PHYSICAL: LIGHT, SOIL, GRAVITY, ATMOSPHERE. BIOLOGICAL: LIVING ORGANISMS-TREES, PLANTS, ANIMALS ETC. SOCIAL SCIENCES

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WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT CONECTIONS COURSE 878

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  1. WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT CONECTIONSCOURSE 878 Dr Riffat Haque 8.10.2012

  2. NATURAL SCIENCES CHEMICAL: WATER, SOIL, NUTRIENTS, ATMOSPHERE ETC. PHYSICAL: LIGHT, SOIL, GRAVITY, ATMOSPHERE. BIOLOGICAL: LIVING ORGANISMS-TREES, PLANTS, ANIMALS ETC. SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL: EDUCATION, TRADITIONS, RELIGION, CULTURE, ECONOMY, EMPLOYMENT, LANGUAGE, POLITICS, JUSTICE, LEGISLATION, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, WORK PLACE, PUB LIC-PRIVATE SPACE, PATRIARCHY… TECHNOLOGY: TOOLS MACHINES, SEEDS, FERTILIZERS, CONTRACEPTIVES ETC. GENDER AND ENVIRONMENTTHESE BROAD CATEGORIES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND INFLIUENCE ALL LIFE.

  3. Environment: Totality of Interaction The totality of circumstances surrounding an organism or group of organisms, especially: • The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth, development and survival of organisms. • The complex of social and cultural conditions affecting the nature of an individual or community.

  4. WOMEN CUSTODIANS OF ENV: • TRIPPLE ROLES: • REPRODUCTIVE/CHILDCARE • PRODUCTIVE • COMMUNITY ROLE

  5. WOMEN & CONNECTION OF ENV: • WOOD COLLECTORS/HEWERS • WATER HAULERS • FOOD GROWER

  6. WHY WOMEN & ENVIRONMENT? • Women’s relation with nature --- • Vital role in environmental management and development. • Knowledge of natural process • Inter-relatedness due to their dependence on nature for subsistence need • Women’s role in environment protection • In the development, industrialization and urbanization process women have been excluded from the environmental management……..

  7. Women’s different concerns & perspectives: • SOCIAL ROLES • BIOLOGY • POVERTY

  8. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT & THE ROLE OF WOMEN • 1. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & WOMEN • NATURAL DISASTER • FOREST DEGRADATION • LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY • OVER POPULATION • 2. LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS & WOMEN • AIR & WATER POLUTION • DESERTIFICATION • LAND DEGRADATION • FLOODS

  9. 1. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS & WOMEN 1.1 WOMEN & NATURAL DISASTER • VULNERABILITY: Women’s vulnerability to natural disasters such as-famine, drought, tropical storms, fires, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, mudslides, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, tsunami etc • IMPACT OF DISASTER • RESPONSE TO DISASTER • DISASTER RESPONSE MEASURES

  10. 1.2. WOMEN & FORESTDEGRADATION • FOREST & EMPLOYMENT • WHY DEFORESTATION? • IMPACT OF DEFORESTATION • WOMEN & FORESTS

  11. 1.3 LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY • GENDER & BIODIVERSITY • RECOMMENDATION & BIODIVERSITY

  12. 1.4 OVER POPULATION • GENDER RELATIONS, POPULATION & ENVIRONMENT

  13. 2. LOCAL ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS &WOMEN • 2.1 AIR & WATER POLUTION • SOURCES OF POLLUTION • POLUTION & WOMEN

  14. 2.2 DESERTIFICATION & GENDER 2.3 LAND DEGRADATION 2.4 FLOODS

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