Ecofeminism: for whom, for what?
While this movement takes many different forms – sometimes even diametrically opposed to one another – all ecofeminists are united by one certainty: that current society significantly compromises the fulfilment of women and nature.
Being an ecofeminist means committing to an alternative worldview, to the advent of a new paradigm open to so-called feminine values. It means advocating the replacement of the power relations characteristic of patriarchy with a relational ethic that values empathy and harmony among living beings.
In the Global South, the ecofeminist movement is perhaps even more important than in the Global North. Indeed, women living in this hemisphere, and especially in developing regions, are particularly affected by current ecological problems. In fact, they are generally responsible for food production and agriculture and are therefore in close contact with the land.
But it is precisely because they are responsible for food resources on a daily basis that these women so well reflect the spirit of ecofeminism. Deeply connected to the earth and holders of traditional knowledge focused on balance and sustainability, they seem to hold the key to the change that leading environmentalists are calling for.