Post by deepsea on Apr 30, 2013 17:51:30 GMT -4
WHAT............?
A resolution put forward by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and a dozen other House Democrats claims that global warming could drive women to prostitution, The Hill reported Monday.
According to Democrats, climate change will affect women worse than men and could force poor women into the sex trade.
"[F]ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health," the resolution says.
Democrats also claim that changes in the climate will put added stress on female farmers and will hurt "marginalized" women like refugees, sexual minorities, adolescent girls, and women and girls with HIV.
"My resolution will affirm the commitment to include and empower women in economic development planning and international climate change policies and practices," Lee told The Hill. "This will help communities adapt to climate impacts, and embark on a path towards clean and sustainable development."
The resolution says the ability of women to adapt to climate change is "constrained by a lack of economic freedoms, property and inheritance rights, as well as access to financial resources, education, family planning and reproductive health, and new tools, equipment, and technology."
It calls on Congress to use "gender-specific frameworks in developing policies to address climate change" and encourages President Obama to "integrate a gender approach in all policies and programs" related to climate change.
www.examiner.com/article/house-democrats-claim-global-warming-will-drive-women-to-prostitution
A resolution put forward by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and a dozen other House Democrats claims that global warming could drive women to prostitution, The Hill reported Monday.
According to Democrats, climate change will affect women worse than men and could force poor women into the sex trade.
"[F]ood insecure women with limited socioeconomic resources may be vulnerable to situations such as sex work, transactional sex, and early marriage that put them at risk for HIV, STIs, unplanned pregnancy, and poor reproductive health," the resolution says.
Democrats also claim that changes in the climate will put added stress on female farmers and will hurt "marginalized" women like refugees, sexual minorities, adolescent girls, and women and girls with HIV.
"My resolution will affirm the commitment to include and empower women in economic development planning and international climate change policies and practices," Lee told The Hill. "This will help communities adapt to climate impacts, and embark on a path towards clean and sustainable development."
The resolution says the ability of women to adapt to climate change is "constrained by a lack of economic freedoms, property and inheritance rights, as well as access to financial resources, education, family planning and reproductive health, and new tools, equipment, and technology."
It calls on Congress to use "gender-specific frameworks in developing policies to address climate change" and encourages President Obama to "integrate a gender approach in all policies and programs" related to climate change.
www.examiner.com/article/house-democrats-claim-global-warming-will-drive-women-to-prostitution