User:Bee-Earthy/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Women and the environment

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
Being a black woman myself, I was initially drawn to any article connecting women and any aspect of the environment even more so due to the nature of our course. This article seemingly touches on many cultures and prominent women in each one who has been a strong voice when it comes to environment concerns. This article also seems to rank at C so it could use some more work.

Evaluate the article
When reading this article from start to finish, it felt as though I was reading a college research paper, specifically in the 'Women's connection to the environment" section. I seemed like information dumping and I began to feel that when the author constantly referred to the writing from Boserup. Regarding content, there are plenty of sections and its very fleshed out with information. Some of the headings are a bit confusing and redundant. For example, when discussing agriculture there is header saying "Africa" and another that says "Women in Zimbabwe" which is a country in Africa. I feel like if emphasis is wanted on Zimbabwe it would be more concise to include it as a subcategory under "Africa" instead of separate from each other.

Some sections seem a bit out of place, such as "Women's property status and the likelihood of violence" I'm struggling to see how this topic is appropriate for an article about women and the environment.

The section "Women environmentalists" seems a bit outdated with most women making their mark during the 1900s, such as Jane Goodall and Rachel Carson. Having more recent activists listed here as well as the historical ones would be a good addition.