The talk attempts to address the long-running controversy of religion’s place in environmental stewardship. Through teachings that position humans above nature, religion is thought to contribute to environmental exploitation. But religion is also thought to provide a framework that will lead humans to be environmental guardians. Beyond the religious dimension, literature on gender jumps into the conversation by arguing that women have always taken up the majority of environmental care work without ever being acknowledged for it and critiquing how religion has sustained these multilayered forms of oppression. Using mainly qualitative data derived from participation, the discussion attempts to presents the experience of women who had been actively involving in environmental initiatives in their daily lives.
June Cahyaningtyas has just graduated from her doctoral studies at ICRS in January 2024. She is a lecturer at the Department of International Relations, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional “Veteran” Yogyakarta. Her interest in non-traditional security in IR has led her to study issues pertaining to everyday forms of environmentalism.