News Headline

Women and climate change

Source
Kathmandu Post

Publication Date
2016-11-08

In most of the rural parts of South Asian countries, women spend hours every day hauling water for their family members as well as for their livestock and crops. This is an example of a problem present across the region that describes the impact of climate change on women. With changing climate, water resources have dried up, which consequently forces women to travel miles away to fetch water—time they could otherwise utilise for productive work like gaining education or earning an income.

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