How Climate Change is Connected to Experiences of Violence: The Perspectives of Indigenous Fijian Women
(2023) FKVK02 20231Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Why are women more vulnerable to climate change? What factors explain womens’ position of vulnerability regarding climate change? How are the daily lives of women affected by the consequences of climate change? Do they understand climate change as violence? These are only a few of the questions that will be addressed throughout this paper. My frustration regarding the fact that many people are being affected by climate change is what motivated me to look further into these issues. This frustration resulted in my decision to do field work in the South Pacific’s Fiji islands as I have seen repeatedly on the news how climate change is having an especially negative impact on those living in developing countries. I chose to take on this project... (More)
- Why are women more vulnerable to climate change? What factors explain womens’ position of vulnerability regarding climate change? How are the daily lives of women affected by the consequences of climate change? Do they understand climate change as violence? These are only a few of the questions that will be addressed throughout this paper. My frustration regarding the fact that many people are being affected by climate change is what motivated me to look further into these issues. This frustration resulted in my decision to do field work in the South Pacific’s Fiji islands as I have seen repeatedly on the news how climate change is having an especially negative impact on those living in developing countries. I chose to take on this project with a feminist perspective as recent research states that women are most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. For the purpose of this study, climate change is understood as slow violence. This understanding of climate change was developed by Rob Nixon. Overall, this research project aims to illustrate womens’ vulnerable position regarding climate change by answering the research question, that is, “How are Indigenous Fijian women affected by climate change, and how is this connected to violence?” An ethnographic method was employed. By investigating how women are being affected by climate change, the study identifies that gender matters in the context of climate change. The findings show that Indigenous women are facing several issues and are being disproportionately affected by climate change. (Less)
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- author
- Todeschini, Paulina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Climate Change, Structural Violence, Slow Violence, Gender-based Violence, Climate Resilient Peace, Intersectional Feminism, Women, Girls, Indigenous, Fiji.
- language
- English
- id
- 9116898
- date added to LUP
- 2023-08-27 17:17:42
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- 2023-08-27 17:17:42
@misc{9116898, abstract = {{Why are women more vulnerable to climate change? What factors explain womens’ position of vulnerability regarding climate change? How are the daily lives of women affected by the consequences of climate change? Do they understand climate change as violence? These are only a few of the questions that will be addressed throughout this paper. My frustration regarding the fact that many people are being affected by climate change is what motivated me to look further into these issues. This frustration resulted in my decision to do field work in the South Pacific’s Fiji islands as I have seen repeatedly on the news how climate change is having an especially negative impact on those living in developing countries. I chose to take on this project with a feminist perspective as recent research states that women are most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. For the purpose of this study, climate change is understood as slow violence. This understanding of climate change was developed by Rob Nixon. Overall, this research project aims to illustrate womens’ vulnerable position regarding climate change by answering the research question, that is, “How are Indigenous Fijian women affected by climate change, and how is this connected to violence?” An ethnographic method was employed. By investigating how women are being affected by climate change, the study identifies that gender matters in the context of climate change. The findings show that Indigenous women are facing several issues and are being disproportionately affected by climate change.}}, author = {{Todeschini, Paulina}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{How Climate Change is Connected to Experiences of Violence: The Perspectives of Indigenous Fijian Women}}, year = {{2023}}, }