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Five ways climate change hurts women and girls

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The climate emergency isn't in the making – it's already here. While all of humanity is subject to the effects of climate change, marginalized groups like women and girls are vulnerable to particular adversities. Unrelenting drought in Somaliland has devastated crops and livestock production and displaced tens of thousands, many of whom have had to live in internally displaced persons camps for years. © UNFPA/Tobin Jones
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UNFPA urges leaders to address gendered, discriminatory impacts of climate change at COP28

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The 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) will run from 30 November to 12 December in Dubai. © United Nations
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“We lost everything”: In Yemen, a mother’s grief lays bare the human cost of the climate crisis

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Umm Mahra, 38, has four children and has been living in a displacement camp in Yemen’s southwestern highlands for seven years. She had a miscarriage due to malnourishment and exhaustion. © UNFPA Yemen
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Heroes amid crises – 8 stories of resilience and hope from 2023

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Midwife Rahna visits with new mother, 20-year-old Hanifa, whose home was destroyed in the 7 October earthquake that struck Herat province  in Afghanistan. © UNFPA Afghanistan / Ahmad Jamshid Qazizadah
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The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

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The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

The climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger

The climate crisis is an emergency for everyone, but women and girls are paying a heavy price.

Climate change leads to more unintended pregnancies, more child marriages, more women dying during childbirth, more violence and more exploitation.

As world leaders gather for COP28, UNFPA Executive Director Dr. Natalia Kanem calls on them to protect the sexual and reproductive health and rights of vulnerable women and girls.

Learn more here.

02 December 2023
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The global climate crisis is putting women and girls in extreme danger, UNFPA warns in new data

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Climate change is an urgent threat to pregnant women and children

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Nov 2023

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Protecting maternal, newborn and child health from the impacts of climate change - A UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO call to action

A UNFPA-UNICEF-WHO call to action

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