Panel Title

India’s Women-Water Gatherers and the Politics of Access

Location

DIGS 222

Discussant

Laura Dougherty

Panel

Conservation, Ecofeminism and Ethical Reasoning: Considering Women and Children’s Bodies and Water

Category

Women & Children

Start Date

7-11-2015 1:00 PM

End Date

7-11-2015 2:00 PM

Description

This paper will examine the lives of women-water gatherers in rural India and the politics of access to water. The globalization of Western capitalistic industrialization has had a unique effect on underdeveloped economies. The ecofeminist discourse is particularly critical of this reality and will be the lens through which I will discuss these issues. The Indian culture is harsh and misogynistic for women with the additional oppression of the class based cast system that has been in place for centuries. The effects of lack of access to water are far-reaching, influencing women’s education and ability to complete other daily tasks. Ecofeminism examines this issue from multiple perspectives of age, gender, sex, access, class, and domination of women and the environment, among others. As part of the developing world India faces many challenges in balancing itself in both a domestic and global context. Much of India’s success hinges on its water politics and women’s contributions.

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India’s Women-Water Gatherers and the Politics of Access

DIGS 222

This paper will examine the lives of women-water gatherers in rural India and the politics of access to water. The globalization of Western capitalistic industrialization has had a unique effect on underdeveloped economies. The ecofeminist discourse is particularly critical of this reality and will be the lens through which I will discuss these issues. The Indian culture is harsh and misogynistic for women with the additional oppression of the class based cast system that has been in place for centuries. The effects of lack of access to water are far-reaching, influencing women’s education and ability to complete other daily tasks. Ecofeminism examines this issue from multiple perspectives of age, gender, sex, access, class, and domination of women and the environment, among others. As part of the developing world India faces many challenges in balancing itself in both a domestic and global context. Much of India’s success hinges on its water politics and women’s contributions.