OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
How to inhabit our common home at the present time is an ethical question of great urgency. The environmental crisis is impacting individuals and communities differently around the world, exposing inequalities and vulnerabilities that become more stark with every passing decade. Within this context human rights can provide a framework for response in which the interconnectedness of the economic, political, environmental, and cultural dimensions of the crisis are foregrounded, and in which the perspective of vulnerable individuals and communities is made central.
This lecture will explore how women’s existing vulnerabilities are amplified and re- inscribed as the effects of environmental degradation become ever-more severe, and will consider the value of human rights perspectives as a means to address these challenges.