Marshallese women bore brunt of drought

Marshallese women bore brunt of drought

23 OCTOBER 2013

A young woman’s representative from the Marshall Islands says women bore the brunt of the social impacts of the severe drought there earlier this year.

And Yoshiko Yamaguchi told delegates at the 12th Triennial Conference of Pacific Women it’s an example of how climate change is an emerging women’s issue.

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Source: Rado New Zealand International

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