The Perils of Being a Female Activist: A Study of Women in Environmental Activism in Contemporary Latin America

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Blindheim, Julie Hauge (2019)

The Perils of Being a Female Activist: A Study of Women in Environmental Activism in Contemporary Latin America

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Latin America saw a substantial increase in the number of fatalities in environmental activism in 2017; the region considered the most dangerous place in the world for being an environmental defender. Nevertheless, there has been observed a significant increase in female involvement in environmentalism in the last few decades, with the emergence of women at the frontlines of environmental struggle. As the activists are female, the acts of violence exerted against them have often been of a gendered nature, underlining the complex vulnerability the activists are surrounded by in already dangerous circumstances. The thesis aims to identify factors reinforcing vulnerability in female participants of environmental activism, in order to establish a substantiated understanding of how the factors intersect and contribute to the vulnerable position of female environmental activists in contemporary Latin America.

Environmental Activism

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Feminist Political Ecology