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Fiji is already feeling the effects of a warming world, with high-intensity cyclones and flooding destroying livelihoods across the South Pacific. As with so many natural disasters, it’s women and girls who are hardest hit.
In Assam, northeast India, annual flooding can be disastrous for women and girls. Women lose access to adequate sanitation and maternal healthcare, while girls are forced into child labor or marriage to make ends meet.
The island nation of Fiji has one of the world’s highest rates of domestic violence, and climate change disasters are making matters worse for women. One crisis center is tackling the problem by giving women the support they need to prosecute perpetrators.
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