Climate Change: Impact on Adolescent Girls
Abstract
Climate change is raising temperature in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region at a faster rate than the global average,1
increasing the frequency and the intensity of extreme weather events like droughts and floods, changing water cycles and causing
sea level rise. Key weather-related hazards for children in MENA include heatwaves, floods, epidemics and disease outbreaks,
storms, sandstorms, wildfires and droughts.2
There are 48.7 million adolescent girls across the MENA region3 and today, more adolescent girls than ever before live in droughtimpacted
communities; fearing walks to school during rainy season; and migrating to seek refuge from floods, fires, or water- or foodscarcity.
These adolescent girls bear a double burden: restricted not only by their age, but also by gender norms that prevent far
too many from becoming educated, healthy, informed, skilled and empowered as fully active citizens.4
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| 2023-12-25 15:08:15
Document Type
Policy briefs
Source
United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef)
Keywords :
Adolescent girls//Education//Health//Girls’ Empowerment//grils rights//gender-based violence//child marriage//gender justice