The role of women in managing the environmental crisis: A case study of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge, Zimbabwe
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | The role of women in managing the environmental crisis: A case study of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge, Zimbabwe | |
| Creator | Mukurazhizha, Rudo M. Matanga, Sarah Y. | |
| Description | Some of the environmental crises can be avoided, but others come unannounced and the adverse effects affect the communities as a whole with women, children and people with disabilities being affected the most. The world is in constant flux where climate changes are affecting the daily lives of humanity and the ecosystem as a whole. Global efforts towards environmental crises are in place including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Hyogo protocol and Sendai framework among other legislations, safeguarding the environment as a whole. Women have played many roles when responding, preparing and mitigating the adverse effects of environmental crises with some of the roles visible and others invisible and unpaid. Women have been involved in identifying hazards through their indigenous knowledge systems and manoeuvring ways for the continuity of lives in their local communities. This study utilised a qualitative research methodology. A case study of Cyclone Idai in Chipinge was explored. Moser’s triple framework and the African Ecofeminist theory guided the discussions in this article.Contribution: The article concluded by recommending that concerted efforts should be made to emancipate women and pragmatically embrace gender as an essential variable in the environmental crisis. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-04-19 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v79i3.8042 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 79, No 3 (2023); 7 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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