Air Pollution: Health and Livelihood Challenges of Women in India
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- 10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_24How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Environment; Women; Livelihood; Sustainability
- Abstract
The environment Protection and preservation have been a deep rooted tradition in India as the women in the country irrespective of their religion, race & caste; participate actively to protect the environment. The effect of environmental pollution has been observed as challenges on health, livelihood & sustainability. Environmental pollution has certain gender issues; and as the women and children are more susceptible from the effects of air pollution, water pollution and global environmental pollution. The vulnerability is quantified in terms of life & livelihood, employment, health aspects, sustainability and migration. In this paper the researcher has focused upon the gender relation in the environmental issues. It focuses upon the issues of indoor air pollution particularly on the health and livelihood challenges upon women. To examine the efficacy of existing laws and policy measures to deal with the same and to analyse the interplay between national and international relations.
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TY - CONF AU - Swati AU - Mani Pratap PY - 2024 DA - 2024/06/13 TI - Air Pollution: Health and Livelihood Challenges of Women in India BT - Proceedings of the NDIEAS-2024 International Symposium on New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Anthropology-2024 (NDIEAS 2024) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 282 EP - 292 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_24 DO - 10.2991/978-2-38476-255-2_24 ID - 2024 ER -