Fixing pollution: Women's role in the developing countries
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Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi
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Pollution is achallenge globally. This is part of what the 17 Sustainable Development Goals setby the UN are meant to tackle. Good Healthand Well-being,Clean Water and Sanitation, Affordable and Clean Energy, SustainableCities and Communities,Climate Action, Life Below Water, and Lifeon Land(Goals 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14, and 15 respectively) are greatly affected byenvironmental pollution. To achieve these targets, men, women, and children areneeded as stakeholders. For the purpose of this paper, the roles women shouldplay in developing countries arediscussed. Although women have actively involved in pollution reduction orelimination in developing countries, their roles have been limited due to several factors. In this paper thequestions: What is the specificity of women in environmental pollution? In whatsense does it bring solutions to environmental pollution? To achieve this, theobjectives of the present review are to systematize and explore in-depth thecauses of pollution in developing countries and the roles to be played by womenin solving or reducing the environmental problems.