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Women from a small district in India are choosing to have a hysterectomy rather than lose the only income they can find. Research shows how climate change has driven the troubling trend.

According to a new paper from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), drought stood out as the most common reason for migration and more than half the women (55.73 per cent) from households that migrated had undergone a hysterectomy

Climate crisis in Beed Maharashtra forces women to choose between wombs and livelihoods