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Worldchanging: Bright Green: Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue
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"The New Population Control Craze: Retro, #Racist, Wrong Way to Go" http://www.ontheissuesmagazine.com/2009fall/2009fall_hartmann.php 8 days ago |
Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue | Jess McCabe
The Guardian | Environment —
... But, as Betsy Hartmann said recently in On the Issues magazine, "A world of difference exists between services that treat women as population targets and those based on a feminist model of respectful, holistic, high-quality care." ...
Population control is not what makes climate change a feminist issue
Worldchanging: Bright Green —
... is a necessary goal in its own right moving towards a more equal and just world. I get that it might be tempting to hitch this issue to climate change, which has so much political capital. But, as Betsy Hartmann said recently in On the Issues magazine, "A world of difference exists between services that treat women as population targets and those based on a feminist model of respectful, holistic, high-quality care." Although Fitzgerald does say that rich countries as well as poor countries need to look at population control, in reality this is not on the political agenda, as ...
Family planning for the planet
Energy Bulletin - —
... is extremely troublesome. Betsy Hartmann puts it well: A world of difference exists between services that treat women as population targets and those based on a feminist model of respectful, holistic, high-quality care. There is no question that better access to reproductive services is desperately needed and that empowering women is crucial in addressing climate change. But equating family planning with population control is disingenuously patriarchal and a slippery and dangerous assertion for women. Lucinda Marshall is the Founder and Director of the Feminist Peace ...
