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How Climate Change Affects Women and Children's Health?

  Introduction Worldwide, the effects of climate change are upsetting people's lives and economies. Twenty million of the estimated 26 million displaced people are women, indicating that women and girls suffer a disproportionate share of the effects of climate-related disasters and environmental stress. Their Lack of power eventually robs them of control over their fertility and lives, making them more vulnerable to the effects of climate change (Climatejustice.org). Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change and bear a disproportionate amount of the weight, especially in terms of their health, according to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Climate change, therefore, increases the probability of gender-based health inequities. As stated by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the World Health Organization (WHO), women are more vulnerable because of biological, political, and cultural factors. Regionally, poverty exacer...