Çevrenin Korunmasında Kadının Rolü

Sustainable development concept is described in United Nations’ reports as the type of development that meets the needs of the current generation without violating the posterity’s ability of fulfilling their needs. This concept emphasizes the relation between protection of the environment and the poverty. On the other hand, there is a direct relationship between the gender roles and the types of the utilization of the environment. Women both occupy the position of influenced objects and the influencing subjects in the environmental issues. Women consume more environmental resources especially while they perform their “motherhood” and “housewife” roles. For this reason, women should take more active role in the protection of the environment. Women’s involvement into the decision and policymaking mechanisms for environmental management, protection and amelioration has the key importance. Moreover, women occupy a key position in collecting recyclable waste seperately, the reduction of the usage of non-corrosive materials like plastic, paying attention to the use of recycled materials, the reduction of the water usage, preference of electricity saving devices, not watching the radio and TV loudly, and preference of natural cleaners. Furthermore, women take on important missions to instill environmental consciousness into the children.