Women and Climate Change with a Special Reference to India
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.58213/vidhyayana.v10isi3.2266Keywords:
Climate change, Feminisation of agriculture, Food-security, Ecofeminism, Women-centric climate policy, Female labor market, Gender-inequalityAbstract
Climate change is a global phenomenon that is happening at an alarming rate. South Asian region, especially India is more vulnerable to climate change because of its geographical location. Climate change not only affects the environment but also affect the various socio-economic aspect of human beings. Climate change disproportionately affect the vulnerable and marginalised section of the society, especially women. In other words, climate change has a gendered dimension. Women are connected comparatively more to the environment because of their caregiving role in the family. Harming nature is similar to oppressing women, as supported by various ecofeminist theories. This paper focuses on the effect of climate change on women’s livelihood, food-security, health and labor market. This study reviews the literature by gathering e-data mainly from two sources, i.e., Scopus and Google scholar from the year 2020 to 2024. Our study finds that voicing women’s concern through women-centric climate policy and bringing them at the fore-front by facilitating higher-level decision-making power is the need of the hour. This can facilitate their overall development and help in reducing gender inequality and ultimately empower them.
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