The Role of Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) Framework in Studying How Gender and Natural Resources are Interlinked: The Case of Women in the Aftermath of Bangladesh’s Arsenic Contamination

Chinmayi Srikanth and Zareena Begum Irfan ()
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Chinmayi Srikanth: Research Scholar, Fellow Programme in Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, IIMK Campus P.O, Kerala 673 570
Zareena Begum Irfan: (Corresponding author) Associate Professor, Madras School of Economics

Working Papers from Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the need for a gender-centric approach to studying the consequences of the scarcity of a natural resource due to arsenic contamination, particularly water, on the lives of women. The need for such an approach is met by the Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) Framework that identifies women as highly vulnerable as compared to their male counterparts and the most affected by such scarcity. The paper uses the case of Bangladesh’s arsenic contamination to explore the nuances of gender and how it changes their experience of the phenomenon. It also underlines the importance of FPE in painting a more realistic and complete picture of the vulnerability of women.

Keywords: Feminist Political Ecology; Bangladesh; water; women; vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J7 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2020-06
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