Climate crisis forcing Zimbabwean women and children into prostitution
2 years, 10 months ago

Climate crisis forcing Zimbabwean women and children into prostitution

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The havoc climate change is wreaking on farming communities in Zimbabwe is forcing young women and children into prostitution. Chipo, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is among hundreds of girls from Zimbabwe’s rural regions who have engaged in sex work in recent years. The rains came but they turned into floods and washed away my project.” Climate change will cause average temperatures in Zimbabwe to rise by an estimated 3C by the end of the century, while annual rainfall could decline by 5 to 18 per cent, especially in the south of the country. Daniel Sithole – a climate analyst and director of Green Shango Trust, a non-profit organisation focusing on climate change mitigation, said Zimbabwe’s women were disproportionately vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

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