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Abstract:
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Worldwide, women have manifested themselves as agents of change for environment and sustainable development. This has resulted in a gender-specific approach in environment and sustainable development policies and practices. These policies and practices range from local, national and international levels. These particularly have been discussed at the international conferences like United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio De Janeiro in 1992, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg in 2002, United Nations Division for Advancement of Women (UNDAW) held in November 2001 in Ankara. These led to the formation of women movement and groups like the Women’s Action Agenda 21 (WAA21), Women in Diversity, Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and all these meant to promote women’s active and equal participation in the decision making process and also empowering them to have a voice at discussion forums in their attempts to maintain the status of the environment and mitigating climate changes.This therefore raised a question of the community’s realization of the role of women and the need for women’s involvement in environmental conservation since they are more of nurturers than users of the environment and given their direct interaction more often with the nature. |