The ‘threat multiplier’: climate change and gender inequality

How the climate crisis fuels gender inequality

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Video Four reasons why women are more impacted by climate change 3:32

Hajani Lashari hands Qazbano Lashari a bowl of water to pour over herself. Lashari says they usually pour water on themselves a couple of times in the day due to the extreme heat. Female members in her family say that it is very important to monitor her temperature as she has entered labour on August 11, 2023 in Shikarpur, Sindh, Pakistan. Saiyna Bashir for CNN

Video CNN explores impact of climate crisis on gender inequality 2:21

An aerial view of nickel mining operations in South Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Video Women say their farms were seized to build nickel mines amid Indonesia’s electric vehicle boom 6:57

Masita, a former pepper farmer, looks over the land her family cultivated before it became a nickel mine.

‘They destroyed our trees’: Women say their farms were seized to support Indonesia’s electric vehicle boom

Alice Shikuku (right) sits outside her home in Korogocho with her two daughters.

Period poverty: How air pollution in Kenya could make periods heavier, more painful and more expensive

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She defied the odds to lead the first all-women fishing cooperative. Now they stand to lose it all

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Video She started fishing for a better life. Climate change is putting it all at risk 4:37