“Will Poseidon Meet Artimes?” An Analysis of the Applicability of Eco-Feminism in Achieving Environmental Justice in Sri Lanka

Abstract

This research aims at emphasising the need of women’s representation and the participation in resolving contemporary environmental related issues in Sri Lanka. The main objective of the research is to examine whether there is a link between the less participation of women in resolving the contemporary environmental issues and the gross violations on the environmental rights in the Sri Lankan environmental law. The secondary objective is to analyse the paradigms of the above concept theoretically in light of the branches of eco-feminism and applicable environmental law principles. The study is based on the legal research methodology, which is a library based-secondary data analysis. The expected outcome of the research is to seek the possibility of utilizing the theories of eco-feminism to achieve environmental justice in Sri Lanka.