Today we’re reading Meghie Rodrigues’s article for Nature, “How Climate Change Could Drive an Increase in Gender-Based Violence.” As you read this article and discuss in your small groups, please consider the following questions:

• What are some of the reasons that climate change leads to gender based violence? Can you think of other reasons not listed here?
• How does Rodriques’s article compare to Balgis Osman-Elasha’s United Nations report, “Women in the Shadow of Climate Change“?
• What solutions can we offer to improve women’s lives across the globe?