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Climate change is undermining our health, and the burden falls heaviest on women https://phys.org/news/2026-11-climate-undermining-health-burden-falls.html #environment #health #PublicHealth #women #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#women #girls #Africa Africa: 1.5 Billion Women and Girls Live in Climate Hotspots, as UN Women Urges Stronger Action at COP31 https://allafrica.com/stories/202611100279.html #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#women Climate silence is stalling action. Global leaders must join the women who are speaking up https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/climate-silence-is-stalling-action-global-leaders-must-join-women-who-are--ecmii-2026-11-09/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#health #women forced to turn to imported food, which is often high in calories but low in nutrients. And this, along with a myriad of intersecting social, cultural and economic factors, has led to a rise in the rates of chronic diseases, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease after extreme weather is increasing their domestic burden, contributing to exhaustion and mental ill-health https://phys.org/news/2026-11-climate-undermining-health-burden-falls.html #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#women #Fiji An Asian Development Bank report warns that climate disasters, gender inequality, and limited insurance access are leaving women and small businesses in Fiji financially vulnerable. The report calls for affordable, women-focused insurance, stronger financial inclusion, and better climate protection to safeguard livelihoods, reduce poverty, and strengthen economic resilience https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/other/3999883-fijis-insurance-gender-gap-exposes-women-to-rising-climate-disasters-and-financial-insecurity #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

NEW: A top U.S. official endorsed a key policy change on hormone replacement therapies while holding at least $115,000 in stock in a company that provides access to menopause treatments. Ethics experts called it an “obvious conflict of interest.” https://www.propublica.org/article/hhs-alicia-jackson-menopause-treatment-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Health #Women #Ethics #Conflict #Government #Business

#women #COP17 Women need funding and decision-making power to tackle pollution, COP17 speakers say Community initiatives from five countries show how women’s leadership, shared care responsibilities and targeted investment can strengthen pollution prevention and advance gender equality in environmental governance https://theclimatewatch.com/women-need-funding-and-decision-making-power-to-tackle-pollution-cop17-speakers-say/ #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

@adachika192@hcommons.social @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com The land. Painting by Heba Zagoud #Palestine#art#women

@adachika192@hcommons.social @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com Painting by Heba Zagoud #Palestine#art#women

@adachika192@hcommons.social @palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com Palestine Sunbird by Ismail Shammout #Palestine #art#women

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/117516225845738102 The scariest is the woman saying she’d be willing to give up her *daughter’s* right to vote, because she knows she’ll marry “a biblical man”. Thank God there’s no abuse, sexual or otherwise, by “biblical” men. If these women want to sit out the next few elections, I’m okay with that. Everyone else, #Vote. #ChristoFascism#ReligiousFanatics#ReligiousExtremists#Women

#women #Bangladesh Climate resilience must not come at the cost of women’s debt Shahrina Akhtar 6–7 minutes A large part of Bangladesh's climate resilience is paid for by the poorest households, mostly by women, and mostly through debt https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/climate-resilience-must-not-come-the-cost-womens-debt-4304366 #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Some face studies I sketched a while ago in pencil! #art #facestudy #portrait #women

A wounded woman sits on the ground at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov #photography#Ukraine#Kyiv#women

“Oh, what? Are we hiring white #women to pump #gas around here?” Those were the words Amber Glover heard on her second day working at a #gas station in the town of Grenfell, southern Saskatchewan, densely populated by the Plains #Cree First #Nation community, to which she rightfully belongs.

"During their relationship, Lisa’s ex-partner was controlling. He kept her at home where he was emotionally and physically abusive towards her, including once attacking her with a machete. These days, he runs protests outside houses of multiple occupancy that he claims are housing asylum seekers" Interviews with 7 partners of 'Protect our women' thugs. #FarRight #DomesticViolence #DomesticAbuse #CoerciveControl #Women

#Women #Dramasi #Fiji Women in Dramasi, Tavua are waking up as early as 2 or 3 in the morning and climbing over a hill to collect water as climate change continues to dry up water sources in the community. Pacific Centre for Peacebuilding Executive Director Florence Swamy says the women have to collect water during the night because if they wait until the sun comes up, animals go to the water source and contaminate it https://www.fijivillage.com/t/dramasi-women-wake-at-2am-to-collect-water-as-climate-change-dries-up-water-sources-607d76/ #ClimateChange #pollution #ecology #environment

#women #Kakamega #Kenya climate change was amplifying existing occupational hazards in artisanal mining. He cited chemical exposure, extreme heat, heavy rainfall, disease risks and poor workplace conditions as overlapping threats https://www.the-star.co.ke/counties/western/2026-10-02-climate-change-now-deepens-risks-for-kakamega-women-gold-miners #ClimateChange #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #ClimateReversal #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

Long thread.. 👧 Girls are "conditioned" to conform, to hide their intelligence, talents, & skills. Teachers: "She's too talkative " "When I ask a question, don't always be the first to raise your hand " "Don't worry your pretty little head about understanding math/physics/chem., you'll never use it" "Why on earth would you want to learn car maintenance or woodworking!" "Proper little girls don't .. officially a "no, no", today these comments are heard. #Misogyny #Women #Education #Employment

Old School Christianity in the 11th Century was patriarchal like the Taliban , and combined martial valor with reconciliation in balance. It was great. But it has little in common with American Christianity where women are worshiped. #women #Christianity