uppityfemale:trippingggoutman:Can anyone explain this to me?Yes. Gender Justice: In many third world
uppityfemale:trippingggoutman:Can anyone explain this to me?Yes. Gender Justice: In many third world countries it’s almost exclusively the job of women to gather water. With climate change and increased pollution women have to travel further for less and more contaminated water. This means they aren’t able to go to school and they use more calories when there’s already scarce food. Also, in large tsunamis, like the one in 2004, three times as many women died. This is thought to be because women in poorer countries lack the ability to gain skills like swimming and don’t have the same upper body strength as men and are more likely to drown. Racial Justice: You can look at things like DAPL and easily see the racial bias when it comes to dangerous environmental practices. Race also has a role in environmental policies, zoning, and regulations. African American, Latino, indigenous and low-income communities are more likely to live next to a coal-fired power plant, landfill, refinery or other highly polluting facility. These communities are exposed to more toxic contamination as a result of pollution. These communities historically have less of an ability to fight back against such policies.Economic Justice: Bad environmental practices drain our pockets. We have poorer and sicker people who have less land and resources to work with. There are also companies, like the banks I’ve posted about previously, who use our money to support these things. These are just some examples of all of these points. -- source link