India’s solar power push delivers an unexpected bonus – empowering rural women
India’s push for solar delivers unexpected gains for women in the country’s rural areas.
Disha Shetty
On these women-run Himalayan farms, even climate-resilient crops are failing
As countries experiment with climate solutions, experience of women farmers in the Indian Himalayas shows the complexities of the climate crisis and the costs of not involving local communities.
Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence
Extreme weather events that climate change is making more frequent and more intense are also pushing up violence against women around the world.
Why climate change means women are having to work harder and longer
Women and girls living in poorer countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
India’s top court has expanded abortion rights for unmarried women. We spoke to the lawyer who fought for the change.
A court in India began considering a case that would result in a landmark expansion of abortion access on the other side of the world.
India is trying to reduce maternal mortality without engaging with a key contributor: suicide
India has made enormous strides in reducing maternal mortality. But that success has exposed a largely unaddressed phenomenon: high rates of suicides around the time of childbirth.
The hidden toll of heat waves on women in South Asia
South Asia has endured an unprecedented heat wave, with March seeing the hottest temperatures on record in India. Evidence suggests the heat is landing a cruel double blow on women’s income and health.
Related: Reporter’s Notebook: Women’s invisibility in climate stories erase their narratives. The result is bad policy
Related: Reporter’s Notebook: Women’s invisibility in climate stories erase their narratives. The result is bad policy
Reporter’s Notebook: Women’s invisibility in climate stories erase their narratives. The result is bad policy
According to official government statistics, 75.7% of rural women in India are engaged in agriculture. But in article after article, farmers are often exclusively portrayed as men. With the changing climate hitting the agriculture sector hard, women’s invisibility in media coverage leaves their distress unacknowledged.
Reporter’s Notebook: Indoor air in India can be just as bad as the country’s toxic smog. Was I wrong to be surprised?
India's polluted skylines regularly make international news. But it’s only now coming to light that air quality inside homes, which mainly affects women in the kitchen, can be just as bad.
Air pollution's impact on women's health is slipping under the radar, public health experts warn
Evidence is clear that air pollution is linked to higher rates of miscarriages, pregnancy complications and stillbirths, affecting women’s reproductive health. But public health experts say that air pollution’s impact on women's health is not getting the attention it needs.
Money in the forecast: Women reap unexpected gains from India's investment in early weather warning systems
India’s investment early weather warning systems was expected to help a predominantly male field of fishermen. But data suggests it may have unexpectedly led to major financial gains for women since the systems were launched a decade ago. Experts say the unintended win shows that gender is still a blind spot for climate policymakers.
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