Women in Bangladesh fight climate change
The participation of women in agricultural work is by no means a common sight in Bangladesh. Women take care of their families in this male-dominated society and usually don’t appear in public. But Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries and one of the hardest hit by global warming, needs the support of women to fight and adapt to climate change. Soils with high salt levels are incapable of producing good harvests. Droughts or floods often worsen the situation. Women in southeastern Bangladesh are now using particularly robust rice and vegetable varieties to ensure plentiful harvests, a part of which they can sell to make extra money. Bangladeshi aid group Centre for Global Change is now making that possible with the robust rice project.
