RURAL women are more vulnerable to climate change than men, and SA needs to take this gender effect into account in its national planning, climate change activists warn.
SA is likely to feel the consequences of climate change particularly in terms of water availability and from a compounding of the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic , nongovernmental organisations say.
Women are more vulnerable to climate change because they are more likely to be poor and have fewer coping mechanisms than men, and have additional responsibilities.
