Dear John,
On Earth Day last week, we launched a stunning new website: IpasClimateJustice.org. Have you had a chance to explore it yet? This immersive online experience highlights the connections between reproductive justice and climate justice through real women’s stories.
Like people everywhere, the women we spoke with for this project deserve access to a steady income, education and health care—with reproductive health services that include abortion and contraception. But because they are women, have few resources, and live in places especially vulnerable to climate change, they don’t have access to these things.
Women and girls are most impacted by climate change because they so often lack power—and climate crises exacerbate that. During drought, women must walk long distances to get water, and this means risking sexual violence and unwanted pregnancy. After a cyclone that destroyed everything, women often can’t access contraception and need to prevent another pregnancy while they struggle to care for their family. In effect, climate crises deny women power over their own bodies.
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