Is the Climate Crisis a Women's Rights Crisis?

Year 2024, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 155 - 170

Betül Kübra Doğan , Aslıhan Aykara

https://doi.org/10.61158/saukad.1481144

Abstract

While no corner of the globe is exempt from the consequences of the climate crisis, no living thing in the world can be considered separate from the negativities brought about by the climate crisis. Although the climate crisis is a phenomenon that affects every living thing and every human being, it is not experienced equally by every individual. Especially those in disaster-affected areas and those who lack the necessary resources or capabilities to cope with the problems they face due to social, economic, cultural, and political inequalities are more affected by the climate crisis. The disadvantages that individuals have in different areas such as age, socioeconomic status and disability cause them to experience the climate crisis more deeply. Gender is one of the factors that stand at the intersection of inequalities and the risks brought about by climate change, which are effective in experiencing the climate crisis more deeply. In other words, gender inequality may play a role in the impact of the climate crisis on individuals, and the experiences of individuals may differ on the axis of gender. This study addresses the issues of climate crisis and gender inequality and aims to emphasise the importance of gender equality in combating the climate crisis by making visible the inequalities experienced by women and girls due to the climate crisis.

Keywords

Climate Crisis, Women Rights, Gender, Gender Inequality, Combating the Climate Crisis

İklim Krizi Bir Kadın Hakları Krizi Mi?

Abstract

Dünya üzerindeki hiçbir köşe, iklim krizinin sonuçlarından muaf değilken dünyadaki hiçbir canlı iklim krizinin getirdiği olumsuzluklardan ayrı düşünülemez. İklim krizi her canlıyı ve her insanı etkileyen bir olgu olsa da her birey tarafından eşit deneyimlenmemektedir. Özellikle afetlerden etkilenen bölgelerde bulunanlar ve sosyal, ekonomik, kültürel ve politik eşitsizlikler nedeni ile yaşadıkları sorunlarla baş edebilmek için gerekli kaynaklardan ya da yapabilirliklerden yoksun olanlar iklim krizinden daha fazla etkilenebilmektedir. Diğer bir ifadeyle bireylerin yaş, sosyoekonomik durum, engellilik gibi farklı konularda sahip olduğu dezavantajlar, iklim krizini daha derinden deneyimlemelerine zemin hazırlayabilmektedir. İklim krizinin daha derinden deneyimlenmesinde etkili olan, iklim değişikliğinin getirdiği riskler ile eşitsizliklerin kesişiminde duran etkenlerden biri ise cinsiyettir. Toplumsal cinsiyet eşitsizliği iklim krizinin bireylere etkisinde rol oynayabilmekte, kişilerin deneyimleri cinsiyet ekseninde farklılaşabilmektedir. Bu çalışma, iklim krizi ve cinsiyet eşitsizliği konularını ele almakta olup kadınların ve kız çocuklarının iklim krizi nedeni ile yaşadıkları eşitsizlikleri görünür kılarak iklim krizi ile mücadelede toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliğinin önemini vurgulamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

İklim Krizi, Kadın Hakları, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitsizliği, İklim Krizi ile Mücadele

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