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Poor Women Take The Strain As Climate Change Pushes Men To Leave Home

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By Naimul Karim

As climate change drives men in Asia and Africa to abandon their farms and search for jobs further afield, women back home are getting little help to cope with harsher working conditions, putting their wellbeing at risk, researchers said on Monday.

A report from Britain’s University of East Anglia (UEA) said the burden on women is increasing as they are left to take care of their children and land, while men who leave cannot provide consistent support.

“Male migration has been seen as an adaptation strategy for climate change – but from a gender perspective, it is not helping in household maintenance and survival,” said UEA professor Nitya Rao, the report’s lead author.

“The labour market is unequal (for) women. For instance, in East Africa, women have to go for riskier work…

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