Extreme Heat Impacts Women Differently. Here's How They're Already Adapting.

A research review finds extreme heat harms women in gendered ways across Asia, Africa, and Oceania.

Impacts go beyond mortality, affecting women’s health, work, mobility, safety, and social life.

Women in places like India, Bangladesh, Kenya, and Cambodia are already using grassroots cooling and housing adaptations.

The article argues heat policy should be gender-aware and support community-led solutions, not just count deaths.