why is it important for women community to the importance the of preserving our environment ?
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Hence, it is utmost important to conserve and promote the natural resources and environment. ... Women play a critical role in managing natural resources on family and community levels and are most affected by environmental degradation.
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Women's role key to saving environment
By Cesar Chelala (China Daily)
Updated: 2011-10-18 08:02
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This year's Nobel Peace Prize went to three women, which attracted global media's attention to the cause of women's rights. Besides promoting peace, women are playing a more important role in protecting the environment.
The growing worldwide demand for resources is threatening the world's environmental health to an unprecedented extent. Unless new policies are set in place, this situation could have devastating implications for human development. In this context, women and children can be very active participants in the defense of the environment and stop, or even reverse, the degradation of our natural resources.
At a worldwide level, there is a growing awareness of the need and importance of making women contribute to the identification of environmental problems, as well as in the planning of activities geared at the sustainable development of their communities.
Over the past 200 years, industrial processes have been responsible for increasing levels of pollution and for the degradation of air, water and land. In addition to unrestricted exploitation of natural resources, unsound agricultural practices have had devastating effects on the environment and on people's health and quality of life. Women and children have been particularly affected.
Women, especially those pregnant, are particularly susceptible to several environmental threats, particularly women living in rural or marginal suburban areas in developing countries. Until recently, women had few choices about the kind of lifestyle they wanted to lead and fewer opportunities to change unsatisfactory conditions and improve their families and their own health.
Because of their roles as home-managers, economic providers and their role in reproduction, women are susceptible to health problems and hazards in several situations. The reproductive system of pregnant women is especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants. Toxic substances in the environment can alter every step in the reproductive process. These toxic substances may increase the risk of abortion, birth defects, fetal growth retardation and perinatal death.
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