On the Frontline of Climate Change: The Grit and Resilience of Women in the Face of Multiple Crises in Burundi
A recent visit across Burundi’s lush, green landscapes masks a moving story of loss, and what it will take to reduce climate drivers of fragility for the world’s most vulnerable. Women in Burundi’s rural areas are already spending what little money they have to increase their land’s resilience in the face of climate change. Often, these costs come directly from their meager household budgets, sometimes simply to secure their access to productive farming land to feed their families.
Source: worldbank.org