The Importance of Access to Clean Environmental Energy in Reducing Violence against women

Subject Areas : environmental low

Valiollah Nasiri ¹ , Hossein Sorayyai Azar ² , Hojjat Salimy ³

1 - Ph.D. Student in Public International Law, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh Branch. Iran.
2 - Associate Prof, Department of Public International Law, Islamic Azad University, Maragheh Branch. Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
3 - Associate Prof Public International Law, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan. Iran.

Received: 2022-06-03 Accepted : 2022-08-20 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Environmental Law, Violence Against Women, women's empowerment, clean energy, Human rights,

Abstract :

The connection between fossil fuel production and uses and violence against local women, and the escalation of violence against women due to climate change and also violence against women who defend the importance of environment protection and critcise the uses of fossil fuels are issues that highlight the importance of access to clean energy in reducing violence against women. Given the neglect, denial and insufficient attention to the impact of energy on the escalation of violence against women by researchers and policymakers, this study is a descriptive-analytical research using international documents and established views of the international institutions intends to discuss the relationship between fossil energy uses and production and violence against women to suggest a way to a common future.  Research findings show that women's access to the clean energy is very effective in reducing violence against them, while the issue of violence against women criticizing fossil fuel uses is a new challenge to international law and women's rights that needs to be addressed.

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