With climate change, these tasks are becoming more difficult. By MORAA OBIRIAMore by this AuthorLoss of natural resources as a result of climate change is exposing more women and girls to gender-based violence (GBV), the United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) has said. The document recognises that across societies, climate change affects women and men differently. MARGINALISEDUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognises climate change as a serious aggravator of gender-based violence. Worse still is that the marginalised women are incapable of accessing capital to rebuild their assets because they lack property to use as collateral.

Source: Daily Nation December 05, 2019 03:00 UTC