Environmental Ethics and Women's Rights: A Close up to Socioenvironmental Movements in Mexico

Abstract

Ecofeminist philosophy has helped make audible the voices of women and other discriminated groups from the South, as well as place a positive value on the worldviews of native peoples. The aim of this article is to highlight the contributions of Latin American indigenous and peasant women who are protagonists in social and political movements in defense of their land and territory within a dialogue between philosophy and ecofeminism. The paper is organized in three sections: the first discusses the link between women and the environment within Ecofeminist theoretical perspectives; the second reflects on the relationship between indigenous philosophy and the vindication of women"™s rights; finally, the last section examines different case studies of indigenous and peasant women that are part of social and environmental movements, with the purpose of establishing their relevance to philosophy.