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    Environment & Climate Change

    We examine the intersection of climate change, public health, and economic mobility, and illuminate their disparate and often ignored impacts on women. With the first climate and gender beat of any global nonprofit newsroom, we focus on pinpointing causes, impact, and solutions and highlight how climate change is inherently linked with GBV in the community.

    Breaking out of the gender silo, women activists demand demilitarization and the rejection of carbon trading at COP29.

    Women activists are demanding demilitarization and the rejection of carbon trading at this year’s COP29 climate conference.
    by Maher Sattar

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on November 18, 2024. Subscribe here.

    From drought to floods: Climate crisis after crisis keeps women on edge in East Africa

    Unprecedented flooding has killed more than 500 people — disproportionately harming women, who are preparing for droughts to follow
    by Allan Olingo

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on June 3, 2024. Subscribe here.

    Reporter’s Notebook: How heat impacts fashion’s global workers

    From floods to rising temperatures, workers in fast fashion’s global supply chain are on the frontlines of climate change
    by Louise Donovan

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on May 6, 2024. Subscribe here.

    Fast fashion is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Its global workforce is paying the price.

    Around the world, fashion’s mostly female labor force are grappling with working conditions made increasingly unbearable and unhealthy by climate change.
    by Albert Oppong-Ansah, Snigdha Poonam, Louise Donovan

    This story is published in partnership with Grist

    Mona Polacca: leading with the heart in a time of climate change

    Prominent spiritual elder reflects on what propels her work toward a future of Indigenous climate justice
    by Christine Trudeau

    Natural disasters raise risk of domestic violence

    Natural disasters increase instances of intimate partner violence, creating particular danger for the usual victims: women.
    by Greg Morton, Lisa Woelfl, Jessica Klein

    This story was co-published with The Texas Tribune and in collaboration with the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.

    How motherhood spurred one New Yorker to take on the fossil fuel industry

    Marlena Fontes is a climate activist and mother who wants to take down the fossil fuel industry.
    by Yessenia Funes

    Co-published with The Guardian.

    India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?

    Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened.
    by Cheena Kapoor

    Co-published with Scroll

    Can the Climate Tech Revolution Avoid Leaving Women Behind?

    Tech is dominated by men. Only a small percentage of solar and wind workers are female – but there are places where women shine in the clean tech world.
    by Katharine Gammon

    Co-published with The Guardian.

    COP28: How climate change hits women and the world of work

    With scientists declaring 2023 likely to be the hottest year ever recorded, discussions at this year’s COP28, the annual U.N. climate summit, have never felt more urgent.  As diplomats and leaders gather in Dubai from Thursday, one…
    by Louise Donovan

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on November 27, 2023. Subscribe here.

    As heat waves intensify, evidence that older women are hit hardest is growing. Now some are fighting back.

    As evidence grows that heat waves hit older women hardest, a group of Swiss women are taking their government to court over climate inaction.
    by Claire Cozens

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on August 14, 2023. Subscribe here.

    New York moms take on Wall Street CEO over fossil fuel funding

    Meet the mothers taking on New York's biggest banks.
    by Maher Sattar

    This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on July 17, 2023. Subscribe here.

    ‘Women bear the biggest brunt of climate change,’ says climate scientist Susan Chomba

    Kenyan Susan Chomba leads the fight against climate change and for the environment in a high-profile role at the World Resources Institute.
    by Neha Wadekar

    Co-published with The Guardian

    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.
    by Disha Shetty

    Co-published with Scroll

    A growing number of women farmers are changing the face of California’s agricultural industry

    Farming is Female: women farmers in California are changing the face of the agricultural industry in their state and across the country.
    by Rachel Sarah

    Co-published with The Guardian

    Eating last and least: Widening gender hunger gap raises climate alarm

    Women typically eat less in Indian households and are often found compromising their share of food to feed others in the family exposing the growing hunger crisis.
    by Ritwika Mitra

    Co-published with Foreign Policy

    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.
    by Anvi Mehta, Disha Shetty

    Co-published with Scroll

    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.
    by Disha Shetty, Aie Balagtas See, Geoffrey Ondieki

    Co-published with The Washington Post and Nation

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