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Sorensen C, Saunik S, Sehgal M, et al. Climate Change and Women's Health: Impacts and Opportunities in India. Geohealth. 2018;2(10):283-297doi: 10.1029/2018GH000163.
Sorensen, C., Saunik, S., Sehgal, M., Tewary, A., Govindan, M., Lemery, J., & Balbus, J. (2018). Climate Change and Women's Health: Impacts and Opportunities in India. GeoHealth, 2(10), 283-297. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000163
Sorensen, Cecilia, et al. "Climate Change and Women's Health: Impacts and Opportunities in India." GeoHealth vol. 2,10 (2018): 283-297. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GH000163
Sorensen C, Saunik S, Sehgal M, Tewary A, Govindan M, Lemery J, Balbus J. Climate Change and Women's Health: Impacts and Opportunities in India. Geohealth. 2018 Oct 17;2(10):283-297. doi: 10.1029/2018GH000163. eCollection 2018 Oct. PMID: 32159002; PMCID: PMC7007102.
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Geohealth. 2018 Oct 17;2(10):283-297. doi: 10.1029/2018GH000163. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Climate Change and Women's Health: Impacts and Opportunities in India.

GeoHealth

Cecilia Sorensen, Sujata Saunik, Meena Sehgal, Anwesha Tewary, Mini Govindan, Jay Lemery, John Balbus

Affiliations

  1. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Bethesda MD USA.
  2. Department of Emergency Medicine University of Colorado School of Medicine Aurora CO USA.
  3. Department of Global Health and Population, TH Chan School of Public Health Harvard University Cambridge MA USA.
  4. The Energy and Resources Institute New Delhi India.
  5. Swayam Shikshan Prayog Pune India.

PMID: 32159002 PMCID: PMC7007102 DOI: 10.1029/2018GH000163

Abstract

Climate change impacts on health, including increased exposures to heat, poor air quality, extreme weather events, and altered vector-borne disease transmission, reduced water quality, and decreased food security, affect men and women differently due to biologic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors. In India, where rapid environmental changes are taking place, climate change threatens to widen existing gender-based health disparities. Integration of a gendered perspective into existing climate, development, and disaster-risk reduction policy frameworks can decrease negative health outcomes. Modifying climate risks requires multisector coordination, improvement in data acquisition, monitoring of gender specific targets, and equitable stakeholder engagement. Empowering women as agents of social change can improve mitigation and adaptation policy interventions.

©2018. The Authors.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest relevant to this study.

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