(Press-News.org) Extreme droughts in LMICs are associated with increased sexual violence against girls and young women, emphasizing how climate change can indirectly exacerbate social vulnerabilities.
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Article URL: https://plos.io/4liX0Me
Article Title: Extreme drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women: A multi-country population-based study
Author Countries: Australia, France, Indonesia, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, United States
Funding: Funding from the Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network - National Health and Medical Research Council Special Initiative in Human Health and Environmental Change (Grant No. 2008937 to LH and IH) supported this work. One author receives salary support from the HEAL Network (2008937 to LH). AM receives funding from the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (project number CE230100004 to AM). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no other salary support for the authors for this study.
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