Abstract
The environmental justice (EJ) movement is generally recognized as having originated in the United States in the 1980s. Today, women around the world are playing a major role in the movement as they work for an “intergenerational justice” that would ensure cleaner, safer homes, communities, playgrounds, gardens, rivers, forests, and oceans. They are calling attention to the ways in which gender discrimination and violence, toxic spills, mountaintop coal removal, and sea level rise are connected to social and environmental inequities that are leading to growing numbers of displaced “environmental refugees.”
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781118663219 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781405196949 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
Keywords
- activism
- ecology
- environment
- gender
- women's movements
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences
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