In the 21st century, the women share a new power statistics ruling almost every domains of life. Worldwide, different governments have given different reservations to motivate them to come at par with their men counterparts. Throughout history, women and nature have been closely linked. Also the idea of “mother earth” is common to many Indo-European cultures. Even in the current Bihar election (2010) where the NDA regime (JD-United and BJP) thwarted its opposition by an unprecedented margin, the women voters played an important role in affecting the political economics.
Moreover, the financial crisis has defined a new power shift from West to East. In industrialized economies, the availability of high quality forms of energy has greatly reduced the amount of time and effort that women must dedicate to housework. Nonetheless, there is substantial evidence that women are more sensitive to environmental matters.
Read more on Women nurturing sustainable development – remarks by Anna Maria Tarantola, Deputy Director General of the Bank of Italy. The paper explains the relationship between women and the environment in developing countries including The Industrial World: A green economy led by women.
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- Amar Ranu
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