Cover Women from Climate Change to Tame Gender Wars

Dec 21, 2021
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As the year winds down, it is a good time to reflect on how the effects of climate change have impacted the lives and livelihoods of some of the most vulnerable people in the country.

This year has seen some of the most difficult circumstances especially for those living in arid and semi-arid areas. Livelihoods have been severely impacted by multiple shocks over the past year.

According to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, counties in northern Kenya received less than 30 percent of normal rainfall — the worst short rains season in decades. The inadequate rainfall has wiped out pastures and exacerbated food and water shortages. Only two months ago, President Uhuru Kenyatta declared drought a national disaster.