Feminization of hunger in climate change: linking rural womens health and wellbeing in India
- Title
- Feminization of hunger in climate change: linking rural womens health and wellbeing in India
- Creator
- Pattnaik I.; Lahiri-Dutt K.
- Description
- The links between climate change, food security and womens wellbeing remain an under-investigated area. This paper contributes to this area through a thorough examination of how women experience food insecurity in farming households in rural India. The households are located in four agro-climatic regions in India. These regions experience varied climatic pressures, and this diversity allows us to explore a wider variety of womens experiences in their attempts to maintain household food security as the climate changes. The study finds that women, even in comparatively more food-secure households, suffer from food insecurity. One of the reasons for this is that womens food habits and mealtimes have altered in recent years due to the increase in their work pressures. The worst effects are to be found in drought-prone areas, and there are greater vulnerabilities among women-headed households, indicating that the impacts of climate change are exacerbated by cultural norms that further hinder the role of women in farm activities. 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Source
- Climate and Development, Vol-16, No. 7, pp. 613-624.
- Date
- 2024-01-01
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Subject
- Gender and climate; gender inequality; India; individual food security; male-migration
- Coverage
- Pattnaik I., Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad, India, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Lahiri-Dutt K., Resource, Environment and Development Program, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Rights
- Restricted Access
- Relation
- ISSN: 17565529
- Format
- Online
- Language
- English
- Type
- Article
Collection
Citation
Pattnaik I.; Lahiri-Dutt K., “Feminization of hunger in climate change: linking rural womens health and wellbeing in India,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed February 24, 2025, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/13789.