Pan-African Strategies for Environmental Preservation: Why Women's Rights are the Missing Link
28 Pages Posted: 24 May 2018
Date Written: May 12, 2018
Abstract
The intimate connection between human and environmental rights has been explored extensively. Largely omitted from the discussion, however, is the role rural women have played, and can play, in protecting environmental rights. This Article argues that the protection and fulfillment of women's human rights, in the context of an evolving Pan-African system for the protection of environmental rights, can be a catalyst for positive environmental change in Sub-Saharan African countries. Using examples from several Sub-Saharan African countries, this Article explores the potential benefits of increasing women's participation in their communities as an effective strategy for environmental protection. Enhancing women's roles in environmental policymaking and granting them greater land rights will result in more effective environmental preservation, while also improving the realization of women's rights.
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