Karen Bell Karen.Bell@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer Environmental Management
Bread and roses: A gender perspective on environmental justice and public health
Bell, Karen
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Abstract
Gender continues to be a relatively marginal issue in environmental justice debates and yet it remains an important aspect of injustice. To help redress the balance, this article explores women’s experience of environmental justice through a review of the existing literature and the author’s prior qualitative research, as well as her experience of environmental activism. The analysis confirms that women tend to experience inequitable environmental burdens (distributional injustice); and are less likely than men to have control over environmental decisions (procedural injustice), both of which impact on their health (substantive injustice). It is argued that these injustices occur because women generally have lower incomes than men and are perceived as having less social status than their male counterparts as a result of entwined and entrenched capitalist and patriarchal processes. In the light of this analysis, it is proposed that environmental justice research, teaching, policy and practice should be made more gender aware and feminist orientated. This could support cross-cutting debates and activities in support of the radical social change necessary to bring about greater social and environmental justice more generally.
Citation
Bell, K. (2016). Bread and roses: A gender perspective on environmental justice and public health. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13(10), Article 1005. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13101005
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 26, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Publication Date | Oct 12, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Mar 15, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 15, 2019 |
Journal | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
Print ISSN | 1661-7827 |
Electronic ISSN | 1660-4601 |
Publisher | MDPI |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 13 |
Issue | 10 |
Article Number | 1005 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13101005 |
Keywords | equality, women, discrimination, environment, hazards, health, environmental decision-making, feminism, ecology, capitalism, patriarchy |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/907279 |
Publisher URL | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/10/1005 |
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