Presented By - Group 27

Ecofeminism

Vedhika Gudiwalla - 258

Nirali Sanghavi -285
Mehek Khot-282
Pearl Jain -269
Zainab Lokhandwala-278
Table Of Contents
Emergence and Nature Of Ecofeminsm

Perspectives Of Ecofeminism

Vandana Shiva

Bina Agarwal

Critiques
 Emergence Of
Ecofeminism
Emerged in 1970s. Movements like:
Chipko movement in India
Green Belt movement in Kenya.
Coined - Francoise d’Eaubonne - 1974.
Further developed - Ynestra King - 1976
Became a movement in 1980.
“Women and Life on Earth: Ecofeminism
in the 80s” - 1st Ecofeminist Conference.
They said that the liberation of women
could not be achieved without a wider
-Vedhika Gudiwalla 258 effort to preserve nature and life on earth.
Nature Of Ecofeminism
Existence of important connections between the
oppression of women and oppression of nature.
Defination - Value system, a social movement, and
a practice which also offers a political analysis that
explores the links between androcentrism and
environmental destruction.
To achieve this:
Reconstruct and reconceptualize the underlying
patriarchal values and structural relations of
one’s culture and promote equality.
Realize the inter-connectedness of all life
-Vedhika Gudiwalla 258
processes
 Perspective of Eco Feminism
The different configurations of ecofeminism
reflect the different ways of analyzing the
connections between women and nature, as well
as the differences in the nature of women’s
oppression and solutions to them.
(a) Liberal
(b) Radical – Cultural
(c) Socialist / Marxist
Socialist Ecofeminism and Production:
Socialist Ecofeminism and Reproduction:
VANDANA SHIVA
Well known eco feminist.
Analyzed the modern science and
technology.
Stated about the third world women.
Chipko movment.
Crticized by scholars like Gabriel Dietrich
Bina Agarwal
Who is Bina
Agarwal
What has she
explained
 Critiques
ecofeminist literature doesn't have
facts and proof on the connection
between women and nature but
rather goes on anecdotal ways of
explanation.
retains patriarchal stereotypes
neglects the role of race, class,
ethnicity, etc, and how it impacts
women differently.
References
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