Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Environmental contamination on the US-Mexico border has led many inhabitants of the borderlands to pursue environmental advocacy through participation in environmental organizations.Research has shown that the majority of environmental activists around the world, and specifically in the United States and Latin America, are women.This thesis investigates how women working within environmental organizations in San Diego, California and Baja California, Mexico define themselves and their environmental advocacy.Through their words and actions, I show that many of these women are empowered or "strong" women, challenging gender norms both within and outside of their participation in environmental advocacy and I investigate how these women have (or have not) changed as a result of their participation in such groups.Through these analyses, I explore whether environmental organizations are leading to women's empowerment or fulfilling unintended feminist goals.
Author: Melissa L. Myers
Institution: Ohio University
Language: Spanish
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2260238891