İKLİM DEĞİŞİKLİĞİ KAMPANYALARINDA TOPLUMSAL CİNSİYET BOŞLUĞU: BİRLEŞİK KRALLIK VE TÜRKİYE BULGULARI

Year 2019, Volume: 21 Issue: 3, 923 - 942, 25.09.2019

Rakibe Külcür Susan Buckıngham Nicola Ansell

Abstract

İklim değişikliğinin cinsiyet
bağlamındaki farklı etkileri az gelişmiş ülkeler (Küresel Güney) için yeterince
araştırılmıştır, fakat bu konu, Türkiye ve gelişmiş ülkelerdeki siyasi gündemde
büyük ölçüde gözardı edilmiştir. Bu çalışmada, bu durumun nedenleri arasında,
çevre alanında faaliyet gösteren sivil toplum kuruluşlarının (ÇSTK) çevre
politikalarında, cinsiyet faktörünün önemini gözardı etmelerinden kaynaklandığı
savunulmaktadır. ÇSTKlar, siyasi ajandayı etkileyen baskı grupları arasındadır.
Bu nedenle de toplumları etkilemede önemli görevleri bulunmaktadır. Bu makale
İngiltere ve Türkiye’de ÇSTKlar üzerine karşılaştırmalı kalitatif araştırma
yöntemi kullanılarak yapılan bir araştırmaya dayanmaktadır. Makale, ÇSTKların
iklim değişikliği ile ilgili çevre kampanyalarını inceleyerek, iklim
değişikliğinin kadınlar ve erkekler üzerindeki farklı etkilerinin ÇSTKlarca
gözardı edilmesinin nedenleri üzerinde düşünmeyi amaçlamaktadır. 

Keywords

İklim Değişikliği, Çevre Sivil Toplum Kuruluşları (ÇSTK), Feminist Araştırma, İngiltere, Türkiye, Toplumsal Cinsiyet

EXPOSING THE LACK OF GENDER IN CLIMATE CHANGE CAMPAIGNS: EVIDENCE FROM THE UK AND TURKEY

Abstract

While the implications of climate change on
women have been documented in the Global South, gender differentiated impacts
of climate change in the Global North and in Turkey are relatively ignored on
the political agenda. Here it is argued that this is partly due to invisibility
of gender in Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGOs) and their
failure to acknowledge the importance of gender sensitivity in their policies. ENGOs’
role in shaping environmental policies have been recognised. This article
reports on the research conducted on ENGOs in the United Kingdom and Turkey. Comparative
case study research, applying qualitative methods were adopted to collect
information. This paper aims to explore the gendered nature of ENGOs’ campaigns
and discuss the reasons of the invisibility of differential impacts of climate
change on women and men by the ENGOs. 

Keywords

Climate Change, Environmental Non-Governmental Organisations (ENGOs), Feminist Research, UK, Turkey, Gender

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