The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria
In this essay, we contend that the relationship between human society and physical environment is not gender neutral, as men and women are treated inequitably. There exists an inequitable binary structure between the two polar values, as human society often exploits and degrades the environment, an...
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| author | Umezurike J. Ezugwu Enyimba Maduka Emmanuel E. Etta Samuel Aloysius Ekanem Ushie Thomas Egaga |
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In this essay, we contend that the relationship between human society and physical environment is not gender neutral, as men and women are treated inequitably. There exists an inequitable binary structure between the two polar values, as human society often exploits and degrades the environment, and women are undermined in various occasions. The role of women is undermined in environmental management and monitoring. Our strategy in dealing with this issue of negligence would be to expose the misconception that women have little or nothing to contribute in environmental management beside biological reproductive roles, and activities such as cooking, washing, fetching firewood and nursing of children. We will also show the negative impacts of these forcefully assigned female duties on the climate, and how this leads to pollution, which in turn, obstructs the biospheres (plant and animal species). Using the principle of complementarity, the paper insists on the need to eradicate all socio-culturally perceived superlative attributes of distinction between human society and environment or masculinity and femininity. The paper calls for mainstreaming of gender perspective, expansion of women’s opportunities and participation in environmental management, at all levels, for environmental sustainability.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f02061486fb94fd084eced6b00b040d52024-04-03T15:32:45ZengWydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana WyszyńskiegoStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae1733-12182719-826X2024-03-0122210.21697/seb.5808The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in NigeriaUmezurike J. Ezugwu0Enyimba Maduka1Emmanuel E. Etta 2Samuel Aloysius Ekanem3Ushie Thomas Egaga4Nigeria Maritime University Okerenkoko, Delta State, University of Calabar, University of Calabar,University of Calabar, University of Calabar, In this essay, we contend that the relationship between human society and physical environment is not gender neutral, as men and women are treated inequitably. There exists an inequitable binary structure between the two polar values, as human society often exploits and degrades the environment, and women are undermined in various occasions. The role of women is undermined in environmental management and monitoring. Our strategy in dealing with this issue of negligence would be to expose the misconception that women have little or nothing to contribute in environmental management beside biological reproductive roles, and activities such as cooking, washing, fetching firewood and nursing of children. We will also show the negative impacts of these forcefully assigned female duties on the climate, and how this leads to pollution, which in turn, obstructs the biospheres (plant and animal species). Using the principle of complementarity, the paper insists on the need to eradicate all socio-culturally perceived superlative attributes of distinction between human society and environment or masculinity and femininity. The paper calls for mainstreaming of gender perspective, expansion of women’s opportunities and participation in environmental management, at all levels, for environmental sustainability. https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/13599neutralitywomen inclusionenvironmental managementpollutioncomplementaritymasculinity |
| spellingShingle | Umezurike J. Ezugwu Enyimba Maduka Emmanuel E. Etta Samuel Aloysius Ekanem Ushie Thomas Egaga The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae neutrality women inclusion environmental management pollution complementarity masculinity |
| title | The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria |
| title_full | The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria |
| title_short | The Place of Women in Environmental Management and Sustainability in Nigeria |
| title_sort | place of women in environmental management and sustainability in nigeria |
| topic | neutrality women inclusion environmental management pollution complementarity masculinity |
| url | https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/13599 |
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