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Displaying 49 of about 49 resultsOn International Women’s Day, a look at how women in coastal communities next to the Sundarbans are protecting nature, their villages and creating livelihood opportunities
High tide in the Sundarbans brings the fruit of the keora tree, a species of mangrove, floating upriver. The fruit, which is popular across the coastal belt of Bangladesh, can be eas…
This study examines future impacts of climate change on water resources and the ensuing economic and political challenges in the Euphrates-Tigris basin shared by the countries of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. The study focuses on three different risks that
are affected through climate-related water challenges: (1) livelihoods and food security, (2) poli…
Typhoon Ketsana hit Cambodia on September 29/30, 2009, causing incredible damage and loss, affecting some 50,000 families, leaving 43 people dead and 67 severely injured. Originating in the middle of the Pacific, Typhoon Ketsana swept through the Philippines, Vietnam and the Lao PDR before it ended its destructive path in our country. The Northern…
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Extreme weather - from droughts and floods to heatwaves - are hurting Indian farmworkers, with women the hardest hit
Indian women farm workers lose out due to extreme weather
Women in agriculture bear brunt but have little recourse
Activists say many rural women unaware of government aid
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While three-quarters of working…