How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel?
Population growth and climate change are currently the two greatest threats to food security in the Sahel region of Africa. The population of the countries that make up the Sahel is projected to nearly double by 2050, from 506 million to 912 million. Paired with the expected rise in temperature and...
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| description | Population growth and climate change are currently the two greatest threats to food security in the Sahel region of Africa. The population of the countries that make up the Sahel is projected to nearly double by 2050, from 506 million to 912 million. Paired with the expected rise in temperature and increased frequency of extreme climatic events, these numbers could quickly overwhelm relief efforts. Strengthening human capital and economic stability are critical to prevent catastrophic suffering. This article recommends two evidence-based approaches that expand women’s autonomy and support their income-earning potential while building resilience to climate change. The first recommendation, would be greater investments in adolescent girls’ education and autonomy, including efforts to delay marriage and childbearing. The second calls for an improvement in the availability and quality of reproductive health services, with a special focus on voluntary family planning. These interventions can increase incomes, reproductive autonomy and gender equity which build community resilience and adaptability to climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd01a733d83441e7afac3fd34f8c96bc2023-09-01T13:57:48ZengThe White Horse PressThe Journal of Population and Sustainability2398-54882398-54962023-08-0172598810.3197/JPS.63799953906869906How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel?Paige Passano0Min Ah Choi1Matt Matusiewicz2OASIS / University of California, Berkeley Health Promotion Office Manager/ CME Coordinator University Health Services, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyPopulation growth and climate change are currently the two greatest threats to food security in the Sahel region of Africa. The population of the countries that make up the Sahel is projected to nearly double by 2050, from 506 million to 912 million. Paired with the expected rise in temperature and increased frequency of extreme climatic events, these numbers could quickly overwhelm relief efforts. Strengthening human capital and economic stability are critical to prevent catastrophic suffering. This article recommends two evidence-based approaches that expand women’s autonomy and support their income-earning potential while building resilience to climate change. The first recommendation, would be greater investments in adolescent girls’ education and autonomy, including efforts to delay marriage and childbearing. The second calls for an improvement in the availability and quality of reproductive health services, with a special focus on voluntary family planning. These interventions can increase incomes, reproductive autonomy and gender equity which build community resilience and adaptability to climate change.https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/834populationclimate changeresilienceadaptationfamily planninggirls' education |
| spellingShingle | Paige Passano Min Ah Choi Matt Matusiewicz How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? The Journal of Population and Sustainability population climate change resilience adaptation family planning girls' education |
| title | How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? |
| title_full | How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? |
| title_fullStr | How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? |
| title_short | How Can Girls’ Education and Family Planning Improve Community Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel? |
| title_sort | how can girls education and family planning improve community resilience to climate change in the sahel |
| topic | population climate change resilience adaptation family planning girls' education |
| url | https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/834 |
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