在今年的消除对妇女的暴力行为国际日,教科文组织提请注意的是,气候变化和资源匮乏可能引发针对妇女的暴力行为——在因气候原因导致的自然灾害期间,发生在家庭或街头的暴力行为。
Climate change is a threat multiplier – it can exacerbate the migration and displacement of populations and contribute to crop failure or flooding, increasing pressure at home and on livelihoods. Studies indicate that women are responsible for 65 percent of household food production in Asia, 75 percent in sub-Saharan Africa and 45 percent in Latin America. It is often the traditional roles of women that place them at greater risk from the consequences of climate change – finding themselves vulnerable to violence as they walk tens of miles every day to secure food, water and firewood or after having been displaced or impoverished by disasters. Lost livelihoods and poverty can also heighten violence at home due to economic pressures, as well enduring from practices of female genital mutilation and child marriage.
气候变化滋生着各种威胁,它可能加剧人口的迁移和流离失所,并导致作物歉收或洪水泛滥,从而给家庭增加生计压力。研究表明,在亚洲,妇女负责65%的家庭粮食生产,这一比率在撒哈拉以南的非洲地区为75%,在拉丁美洲为45%。妇女的传统角色,往往使她们更多地面临着气候变化所带来的风险。每天奔波在外挑柴担水养家糊口或受灾之后流离失所忍饥挨饿的时候,她们很容易受到暴力侵害。生计无着、一贫如洗也可能加剧因经济压力导致的家庭暴力,此外她们可能还要忍受割礼和童婚的陋习。
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