International Journal of Humanities, Art and Social Studies (IJHAS) webpage link ; https://airccse.com/ijhas/ WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT: THE MISSING LINK IN INDIA’S ENVIRONMENT POLICY LANDSCAPE Authors Aashi Srivastava Abstract A large and growing body of policymakers, development professionals and academicians in India have been resonating the need for gender inclusive framework supported by indigenous and traditional forms of knowledge to spearhead India’s environment policies. In this paper, I will look at the philosophical underpinnings, their critiques and relevance in present environment landscape of India. I will further try to contextualise the learnings from women led environment movements to understand key enablers and obstacles in the way of achieving gender parity. The findings suggest that country’s environment policies and action remain gender blind except for Joint Forest Management Programme and National Forest Policy of 1988. While these policies do entail gender component...
