Feminist Perspective Needed In Environmental Studies To Combat Climate Crisis 08/03/2021 A woman carries her son in a bucket after collecting water from a municipal water tanker on the outskirts of Chennai. Photo: Reuters/P. Ravikumar New Delhi: Women are disproportionately affected by the ongoing climate crisis since they directly manage natural resources in most communities via activities such as water collection and food production, making it essential to view all areas of environmental research with a gender-lens, say scientists. “As climate change continues to make water sources volatile and scarce, women and marginalised groups stand to lose the most due to their position within water dynamics,” Martina Angela Caretta, feminist geographer and senior lecturer at Sweden’s Lund University, told PTI.