The numbers tell an incomplete story of how climate change is impacting women and girls. Hospitals are filled to capacity with shrieking children and worried mothers.
Fathers are quiet, unsure of how to comfort their loved ones, and unsure of how to make ends meet. Families arrive in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, with little belongings and no livestock β and no way to make a living. Somalia is currently experiencing devasting conditions rooted in several man-made crises.
Drought, famine, and gender-based violence are all wreaking havoc in the country, burdening the lives of women, girls, men, and boys β and all of these crises are rooted in climate change. But Somalia has contributed to less than 0. The UN estimates that approximately 4 children or 2 adults per 10, people will die each day in Somalia due to the ongoing drought. The World Health Organization documented the loss of over 43, lives in alone and predicts that 18, more will die in the first six months of Approximately 1.
The simultaneous fight led by the Somali military forces against Al-Shabab, the predominant terrorist group in the country, coupled with the ongoing climate crisis, is expected to take the lives of more than , children by the middle of Climate change is aggravating this internal displacement.
At a point where Somalia seemed to finally be on its way to recovery from three decades of civil war, darkness coupled with corruption has overcome the country. And Somali women and girls are facing the consequences.
