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Wednesday 14 December 2011
Climate change hits Nigeria's poor women
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A woman prays at the Bar-Beach in Lagos, Nigeria
Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye
By Sam Olukoya

The United Nations Climate Change Conference closed last Sunday in Durban, South Africa. Changing weather patterns caused by climate change are leading to rising sea levels and heavy rainfall. Many of those suffering the worst effects of climate change are the poor in Africa. How is climate change affecting poor Nigerian women living in coastal settlements and low-lying urban slums?

 

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tags : Climate change - Nigeria - Poverty - Women
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