Every year, 12 million girls around the world are forced to marry. A chilling figure whose review International social work offered a surprising yet terrible reading last August: in regions of the world where this practice already exists, the increase in natural disasters caused by climate change is accompanied by an increase in these marriages.
Affected by floods and droughts, people living in rural areas face extreme poverty and are unable to cultivate the damaged land. In such conditions, forced marriage becomes the last resort to have one less mouth to feed, and dowry (money, livestock) becomes a matter of survival.
This terrible example, which clearly illustrates the link between climate and gender violence, is unfortunately not the only one. Genital mutilations, infanticide at the birth of girls, marital rape, sexual exploitation… In societies hit hard by the consequences of global warming, women are the first to suffer. This is also one of the points of vigilance raised by organizations representing women in the MENA region, during COP28, which just concluded in Dubai on 12 December.
How does climate change exacerbate gender violence? What are the concrete impacts on the lives of women and girls in the most affected areas? What is our responsibility, as a European country participating in the COP, to stem this plague? Associations, collectives, activists, lawyers and sometimes even leaders, are fighting to change the situation. But the road ahead remains dizzying.
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Today, 80% of people displaced by disasters and climate change around the world are women and girls. Women (and children) are also 14 times more likely to die in a natural disaster than men.
However, women too often remain excluded from political decision-making. An exclusion that the official photograph of world leaders taken at COP28 highlighted, again last week.
To talk about it, Elisa Covo, social journalist, will receive Lisa Pastor, COP28 Delegate for CliMates, Elise Naccarato, Head of the Climate and Food Safety division of Oxfam France, Léa Khayat, Project Manager, in particular on the REGAIN program (Strengthening gender equality for international and national ambitions) within WECF France, Marie Leroy, climate and environment specialist for the NGO CARE France and Lucie Assémat, co-director of the documentary “Neither women nor the Earth! “.
Climate and gender violence : How climate change threatens women’s rights around the world
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in collaboration with Check’Europe.
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Mary Crossley is an author at “The Fashion Vibes”. She is a seasoned journalist who is dedicated to delivering the latest news to her readers. With a keen sense of what’s important, Mary covers a wide range of topics, from politics to lifestyle and everything in between.
