ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Introduction.

The environment and gender have lot many points of convergence. Gender dimension and all
those issues with environment and rest on two basic claims. Firstly Environment is a
gendered issue as both men and women stand in a different relationship to the environment
and secondly men and women have more responsiveness towards nature and in protecting it.
But in reality no body cares the environment eventhough its gives us only benefits. Lot many
things that existed previously in earth extinguished because of the behaviour of humans. But
women are more associated in preventing environment. Women Symbolize 'Prakriti' means
'Nature' in Indian Philosophy She creates and nurtures the creation to bloom. Both women
and nature have been considered as subordinates entities by men throughout history, which
conveys a close relationship between them. Some scholars are of the opinion that men had
degraded the physical environment abruptly while they had dominance over women and
women‟s great investment in sustainability of environment. Whereas some other have
theorized that women would protect the Earth better than men if in power eventhough there is
no proper researches on this aspect but still it has a special value system about environmental
issues. In this paper the researcher will be dealing with the role aof women in the
development protection and preservance of environment.

Research Objectives.

For the research on this area the following objectives are formulated,

 T o analuyse the awareness among women regarding importance of conservation of

environment.
 To analyse the skills in women necessary to participate in activities related to
environment protection.
 To study women ’s views on the importance of women education for planning
environmental protection
 To know the movements women organised to preserve environment.
Research Questions.

1. Why its always said that women plays a important role in protecting environment?
2. Just by keeping house clean can the whole environment be protected or do they have
any other roles?

Research outcomes.

 Women depend a lot on the environment for their daily needs.

 Women play an important role in protecting environment.
 Awareness among women develops a positive outlook in protecting the environment.
 Men and women must work together in making effective plans to protect the
environment.

Review Of Literature.

1. “Women and Minority Groups in Environmental Management.1

Wickramaringhe, Anoja (1997) in the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka had carried out a
research work on – “Women and Minority Groups in Environmental Management.” The
objective was to examine how local knowledge and strategy contribute to the management of
the resources of local environments. He sated in his study that women are marginalized in
two ways. On the one hand, due to their gender, women were socialized as homemakers and
family labour in farming and the management of other resources. On the other hand, women
were lacking resources. Indigenous groups were marginalized due to the fact that their
environmental management methods were not technical and could not be institutionalized. By
reading this article the researcher had got some basic idea about rural womens role in
environmental protection.

2. Empowering Women through Environmental Management.2

Olanike in the year 2010 had conducted the research work entitled, “Empowering Women
through Environmental Management.” The objectives of this research were to improve
women’s social, economic and political status through developing and managing natural

1
http://www.chs.ubc.ca/srilanka/PDFs/Women%20in%20environmental%20management.pdf
2
http://www.worldpulse.com/fr/node/9670
resources and to centre on environmental issues that had a direct bearing on the lives of
women.

3. Women and Environmental Sustainability.

In this research the major objective of the author was to re-establish the symbiosis between
communities, women and natural resources and reverse the trend of negative impact of
existing development paradigms. He finally insisted that the protection of women decision
makers, planners, advisers and managers related to environmental management should be
increased. Environmental education should be expanded in rural areas. .

4. “Sustainable Development, Water Resource Management and Women’s

Empowerment The Wanaraniya water project in Sri Lanka”

The author researched on the area of how women take care of the nature. Women always
supports all initiatives to save nature. The implementation of the project has helped women to
improve their leadership qualities, confidence, self-reliance and again more power in the
community through their successful establishment of a water supply project.

5. Agrawal A (1989) .Women in Rural Society. Vohra Pub& Distributors, Allahabad.

6. Maye (1994). Women: The Resource Managers. UNEP, Vol. 6( 4) PP 23-24.
7. Mishra, A.(1978) “Chipko Movement:Uttrakhand Women‟s Bid to save Forest
Wealth”. People‟s Action. New Delhi.