"The module also emphasizes the critical role of midwives as frontline responders in climate-affected communities," the International Confederation of Midwives and Maternity Foundation told CG.
Efforts to improve the resilience of mud-built homes are set to become increasingly critical as rising global temperatures fuel extreme weather.
Floods that impacted the all-girls camp in Texas hill country resulted in the deaths of 25 campers, two teenage camp counselors, and the camp's director, along with over 100 other people in the area.
With research indicating that gendered differences in diagnosis may contribute to delayed treatment and with rising temperatures enabling ticks to expand their range and lifecycles, an effective vaccine to prevent infection in the first place may be even more important.
"The module also emphasizes the critical role of midwives as frontline responders in climate-affected communities," the International Confederation of Midwives and Maternity Foundation told CG.
"As climate change gets worse ... people are going to be experiencing multiple hazards over their lifetime … experiencing multiple of these hazards might affect people's choices," Meg "Bee" Brown, lead author of a study on how extreme weather is impacting contraceptive preferences and use, told CG.
Mike Bonanza, Executive Director of Elevated Access, told CG that higher gas prices could result in more abortion and gender-affirming care seekers turning to the organization, which helps people access health care, often out of state, via private flights at no cost to passengers.
"While we don't position AquaBloom as a 'gender product,' we do see it as a practical tool that can help make access to productivity gains more equitable," AquaBloom Founder and Chief Executive Officer Michelle Arsjad told CG.
"Until these gaps are closed, Kenya risks remaining trapped in a cycle of rebuild, recover, repeat," Susan Onyango and Hellen Wanjohi-Opil of the World Resources Institute told CG about response to devastating floods.
Dolores Huerta's recent accounts may help to highlight still-lacking protections against gender-based violence in farmworker and environmental advocacy spaces.
