Climate breakdown 'is increasing violence against women'

Exclusive: attempts to tackle crisis fail because gender issues are not addressed, report findsClimate breakdown and the global crisis of environmental degradation are increasing violence against women and girls, while gender-based exploitation is in turn hampering our ability to tackle the crises, a major report has concluded.Attempts to repair environmental degradation and adapt to climate breakdown, particularly in poorer countries, are failing, and resources are being wasted because they do not take gender inequality and the effects on women and girls into account. Continue reading…
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