• Dr. K. Mangayarkarasi

Eco feminism is a social and political movement which unites environmentalism and feminism, with some currents linking deep ecology and feminism. Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, the eco-feminists argue that a relationship exists between the oppression of women and degradation of nature, and explore the inter-sectionality between sexism, dominance of nature, racism, species and other characteristics of social in equality. There has been considerable interest since the early 1970s in the relationship between women particularly low income rural women in developing countries and the environment that is, the natural base on which development demands. Media pictures of rural women carrying heavy loads of firewood and fodder across infertile landscapes, or balancing pots of water over considerable distance. This view credence that underprivileged women were the most important fatalities of environmental deprivation since they were the main users and providers of household biomass and subsistence needs.

Women and the Environment

"Women and the Environment", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.145-149, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06035.pdf

"Women and the Environment", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp145-149, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAA06035.pdf