P031. Ecofeminism and Criminology: Towards Climate Justice with a Gender Perspective

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Abstract

Ecofeminism has highlighted how the same power structures that perpetuate the oppression of women are also responsible for environmental destruction. However, in the field of criminology, this intersection has been largely unexplored. Green criminology has advanced in the study of ecological crimes, but it still lacks an approach that makes visible how gender influences the production, regulation, and impact of these crimes.

This paper aims to position ecofeminism within criminology as a theoretical and critical tool for understanding climate justice from an intersectional perspective. It emphasizes the need to analyze how environmental violence and gender-based violence are interconnected, as well as the mechanisms of impunity that allow ecological crimes to disproportionately affect women and marginalized communities. Additionally, it will explore the role of criminology in exposing these dynamics and formulating more inclusive responses to environmental crimes.

Since this is an emerging field of research, a theoretical and methodological approach is proposed to systematically examine the relationship between ecofeminism and criminology. At a time when the climate crisis demands new ways of understanding justice, integrating an ecofeminist perspective into criminology could contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of ecological harm and the development of more equitable responses.

Author

• Leire Berasaluze Gerrikagoitia, University of the Basque Country