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As you may know, the world's population is set to hit 7 billion on October 31st.

As Miriam pointed out back in July, coverage of global issues related to population, health, and development can easily take on an alarmist tone, and often missing from the conversation are the voices of the people most affected.

That's why this stunning video "Weathering Change" by Population Action International is so welcome and important.

"Weathering Change" follows women in Ethiopia, Nepal and Peru as they struggle to care for their families while enduring crop failures and water scarcity. The film shows that women and families are already adapting to the climate change challenges that threaten their health and their livelihoods, and allows women to tell their own stories to illustrate this point, from their own points of view. I think it does a great job of showing the disproportionate effects of climate change on women and their families in the global south, without being sensationalist or relying on alienating statistics. And in doing so, it helps build the case for increased investment in international sexual and reproductive health and rights to improve the health and well-being of women and families around the world, while also reducing vulnerability to climate change impacts.

Do check it out, and if you're inspired to learn more about this issue, visit the Population Action International website here.

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As you may know, the world's population is set to hit 7 billion on October 31st. As Miriam pointed out back in July, coverage of global issues related to population, health, and development can easily take on an alarmist tone, and often missing from the conversation are the voices of the people most affected.

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Three women of various cultures and races discuss the effects of the changing climate on gender, and more importantly, women in a four and a half minute video

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Chelsea McGowan’s Women and Climate Change

1. What I learned about this topic that most surprised me was the fact that climate has any stability on women, different genders, and gender inequality, and also the ability to give and take away women’s already limited power globally.

2. Today when the weather seems to me to be at “extremes” I throw on an extra sweater, or put my nice boots in the closet for another day, or maybe I even decide not to venture out into the weather at all, I might decide to stay in and hang out all day, avoiding the weather altogether, waiting for it to pass. When I see the weather and revaluate what I might do in the day, or what I might wear, I never think to compare my luxuries to women’s hardships around the world. When I’m sulking because my curls have all fallen from the humidity, another women is losing income or food due to bad conditions in fields of her farm, affecting her day to day life, and affecting her whole family and all her dependents, and the women and families around her.

3. A real life example of how this topic is relevant or interesting for me is the fact that environmental phenomenon’s are more and more frequent and more likely to happen. This really puts into perspective the fact that gender inequalities are up in the air and can change at any minute. After this course I already gained so much knowledge on just women’s inequalities in the world we live in today and different countries, and this shows how quickly things can change for women, either being positives or negatives.

4. I’m most likely to remember women in third world and developing countries when I’m here in Canada complaining about snow or rain or heat. The weather doesn’t directly affect me unless I’m outside in it. Now I’m realizing how much it can affect other people, especially women, and makes me more sympathetic then I already was for women facing inequalities on a day to day basis.

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The report, which focuses on the effects of climate change on women, was released Tuesday at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa.

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