For feminists, nothing is more important than fighting climate change and saving each other.Fatima Bhutto
L.Last summer, a third Pakistan I was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, has been submerged. Two million homes were destroyed, thousands of acres of farmland were flooded, and 90% of his crops in the food-producing Sindh province were damaged. Thousands of kilometers of roads were rendered unusable, a million livestock were killed, hospitals and schools were destroyed, and 30 to 50 million of her people died. Canada or Spain – Exiled and confiscated.
It was the climate crisis that brought this nightmare to Pakistan. Pakistan has her second-most number of glaciers after the Arctic, and thanks to global warming, they are melting at an unprecedented and unmanageable rate. Melting glaciers, combined with irregular monsoon patterns, another consequence of global climate warming, have created so-called superfloods.
What happened in Pakistan last summer was nothing more than an invitation. The IPCC report notes that extreme weather events are “increasingly causing displacement” of people in the Southern Hemisphere. But droughts, floods and fires will come to the north as well. It’s just a matter of time.
I am from Pakistan, born in Kabul and half Afghan. My grandmother is from Iran and I grew up in Damascus, Syria. i am a muslim woman. I was born and raised in the Islamic world and Asia. No battle is more pressing for women today than climate change. This crisis affects women more than anything else around the world – more than abortion regressions, repressive governments and declining wage levels. 80% of displaced persons The number of women worldwide is increasing due to the climate crisis. Climate justice is a global feminist issue. Today, there is no greater feminist cause than saving the planet and each other.
The non-profit organization Water Aid estimated that while Pakistan’s super floods were impressively democratic in the havoc they wreaked, it was women who suffered the most. At the time, nearly 700,000 pregnant women in Pakistan had no access to maternal care. They could not feed themselves and their newborns, they had no food, no safety, no basic medical care. Abortions increased dramatically during the floods. In addition to anxiety and trauma, menstruating girls are denied access to menstrual care and an estimated 70% of women in flood-affected areas are unable to go to the bathroom or use dirty cloths instead of clean napkins. On occasion she suffered from a UTI. The climate emergency will affect the rich, the poor, the educated, the illiterate, the urban, the rural, the beautiful, the brave, the lonely, but the greatest Women and girls in the Southern Hemisphere bear the burden.
women and children 14 times more likely to die in a disasteraccording to at least one studyOne reason for this is that it is often the group with the most limited resources at hand in an emergency. But in addition, the threat of sexual violence spikes during extreme weather events. Drought in Uganda has increased rates of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the United Nations found. also brought about an increase. Yet her 0.01% of global funding is spent on initiatives involving women and climate change. It’s scary to think how little attention we’ve paid to this issue.
Already devastated by war and occupation, Afghanistan also suffered a flash flood last summer. Today, 95% of her in the country does not have enough food to eat, and Afghans face an “unparalleled proportion” of hunger crises, according to UN representatives. The same representative noted that nearly 100% of women-led households experience devastating hunger.
Climate change is a very soft word for the horror that awaits us. They called it climate change on purpose. to adopt antiseptic “climate change” to address the urgency of the problem, although the damage has already been done. The Guardian updated its style his guide three years ago and now commonly uses “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” or “climate collapse,” but in light of recent reports So we need more radical names and weapons to fight the calamity at hand. IPCC this week “Final Warning” announced About the climate crisis. The world’s leading climate scientists are urging radical and immediate action in the face of rising greenhouse gas emissions that will end life on Earth as we know it.
The world will soon be on fire. Or flooded. Or hungry or thirsty. And if the global South isn’t compelling enough as a movement (climate catastrophe doesn’t have a catchy hashtag, after all), there are plenty of other examples.
Fires in Australia in 2020 killed or injured 3 billion animals. This he called one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history. When wildlife disappears, the world not only loses life, it loses its beauty and innocence. When animals become endangered, lose their habitat, or are exposed to great physiological stress, they become ill. When they get sick, we get sick too. A pandemic will occur. The damage is infinite. This month, researchers found that black summer wildfire smoke reduced the ozone layer by up to 5%.
For 44 years, scientists have tracked Antarctic sea ice. Antarctic sea levels have fallen to their lowest levels on record this month. Yet while climate change wreaks horrendous havoc around the world, Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, posted her $161 billion profit in 2022. That windfall increased by almost 50%, with the Saudi-owned company making more profit than Shell, BP, Exxon and Chevron combined. Climate justice is not just a feminist issue, it is an existential issue. It’s literally the battle of our lives. And time is running out dangerously.
“Doom Prophet,” as Mike Davis said Before he died last year, he said, “Despair is useless. Ultimately, what keeps us going is our love for one another, our refusal to bow our heads and accept judgment. You have to love each other, you have to protect each other, you have to fight.”
Summarize this content to 100 words L.Last summer, a third Pakistan I was underwater. My country, the fifth most populous in the world, has been submerged. Two million homes were destroyed, thousands of acres of farmland were flooded, and 90% of his crops in the food-producing Sindh province were damaged. Thousands of kilometers of roads were rendered unusable, a million livestock were killed, hospitals and schools were destroyed, and 30 to 50 million of her people died. Canada or Spain – Exiled and confiscated.It was the climate crisis that brought this nightmare to Pakistan. Pakistan has her second-most number of glaciers after the Arctic, and thanks to global warming, they are melting at an unprecedented and unmanageable rate. Melting glaciers, combined with irregular monsoon patterns, another consequence of global climate warming, have created so-called superfloods.What happened in Pakistan last summer was nothing more than an invitation. The IPCC report notes that extreme weather events are “increasingly causing displacement” of people in the Southern Hemisphere. But droughts, floods and fires will come to the north as well. It’s just a matter of time.I am from Pakistan, born in Kabul and half Afghan. My grandmother is from Iran and I grew up in Damascus, Syria. i am a muslim woman. I was born and raised in the Islamic world and Asia. No battle is more pressing for women today than climate change. This crisis affects women more than anything else around the world – more than abortion regressions, repressive governments and declining wage levels. 80% of displaced persons The number of women worldwide is increasing due to the climate crisis. Climate justice is a global feminist issue. Today, there is no greater feminist cause than saving the planet and each other.The non-profit organization Water Aid estimated that while Pakistan’s super floods were impressively democratic in the havoc they wreaked, it was women who suffered the most. At the time, nearly 700,000 pregnant women in Pakistan had no access to maternal care. They could not feed themselves and their newborns, they had no food, no safety, no basic medical care. Abortions increased dramatically during the floods. In addition to anxiety and trauma, menstruating girls are denied access to menstrual care and an estimated 70% of women in flood-affected areas are unable to go to the bathroom or use dirty cloths instead of clean napkins. On occasion she suffered from a UTI. The climate emergency will affect the rich, the poor, the educated, the illiterate, the urban, the rural, the beautiful, the brave, the lonely, but the greatest Women and girls in the Southern Hemisphere bear the burden.women and children 14 times more likely to die in a disasteraccording to at least one studyOne reason for this is that it is often the group with the most limited resources at hand in an emergency. But in addition, the threat of sexual violence spikes during extreme weather events. Drought in Uganda has increased rates of domestic violence and sexual abuse, the United Nations found. also brought about an increase. Yet her 0.01% of global funding is spent on initiatives involving women and climate change. It’s scary to think how little attention we’ve paid to this issue.Already devastated by war and occupation, Afghanistan also suffered a flash flood last summer. Today, 95% of her in the country does not have enough food to eat, and Afghans face an “unparalleled proportion” of hunger crises, according to UN representatives. The same representative noted that nearly 100% of women-led households experience devastating hunger.Nancy Allen and Brian Allen stand outside their home as high winds push smoke and ash towards Nowra, New South Wales, Australia in January 2020. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/ReutersClimate change is a very soft word for the horror that awaits us. They called it climate change on purpose. to adopt antiseptic “climate change” to address the urgency of the problem, although the damage has already been done. The Guardian updated its style his guide three years ago and now commonly uses “climate crisis,” “climate emergency,” or “climate collapse,” but in light of recent reports So we need more radical names and weapons to fight the calamity at hand. IPCC this week “Final Warning” announced About the climate crisis. The world’s leading climate scientists are urging radical and immediate action in the face of rising greenhouse gas emissions that will end life on Earth as we know it.The world will soon be on fire. Or flooded. Or hungry or thirsty. And if the global South isn’t compelling enough as a movement (climate catastrophe doesn’t have a catchy hashtag, after all), there are plenty of other examples.Fires in Australia in 2020 killed or injured 3 billion animals. This he called one of the worst wildlife disasters in modern history. When wildlife disappears, the world not only loses life, it loses its beauty and innocence. When animals become endangered, lose their habitat, or are exposed to great physiological stress, they become ill. When they get sick, we get sick too. A pandemic will occur. The damage is infinite. This month, researchers found that black summer wildfire smoke reduced the ozone layer by up to 5%.For 44 years, scientists have tracked Antarctic sea ice. Antarctic sea levels have fallen to their lowest levels on record this month. Yet while climate change wreaks horrendous havoc around the world, Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, posted her $161 billion profit in 2022. That windfall increased by almost 50%, with the Saudi-owned company making more profit than Shell, BP, Exxon and Chevron combined. Climate justice is not just a feminist issue, it is an existential issue. It’s literally the battle of our lives. And time is running out dangerously.”Doom Prophet,” as Mike Davis said Before he died last year, he said, “Despair is useless. Ultimately, what keeps us going is our love for one another, our refusal to bow our heads and accept judgment. You have to love each other, you have to protect each other, you have to fight.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/26/climate-change-crisis-women-feminism-pakistan-floods For feminists, nothing is more important than fighting climate change and saving each other.Fatima Bhutto
