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.
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.