The climate crisis is a crisis of gender-based violence

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The sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls should be integrated into all national climate plans, writes UNFPA's Lydia Zigomo

As I write this based in my duty station in South Africa, the words of Desmond Tutu come to mind. "Twenty-five years ago, people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change....

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