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Women and climate change: Vulnerable, but not helpless
2016-03-13 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rappler: The threat of climate change is not gender neutral. Women and their children will have to suffer a disproportionate amount of the impacts of the changing climate. This disproportionality is due to the systemic inequality between men and women in society which, with its historical underpinnings, render women at a disadvantage. It has unfavorable impacts on the independence and decision-making power of women and affects them economically, politically, and socially, among others. This in turn constrains...
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