Whether outside under the blasting sun, or inside sweltering homes, women in India face unbearable heat as the climate warms.
a lesser known reason why Indian women are more vulnerable than men to extreme heat. Apparently, they are less likely to protect themselves in high temperatures.
“Women will not do any sort of intervention unless the temperature crosses around 32 degrees Celsius [89.6 degrees Fahrenheit], whereas men will start to access any sort of cooling intervention as soon as it crosses around 28 or 29 degrees Celsius [82 or 84 degrees Fahrenheit],” Bardhan said. This could be because women are responsible for life-sustaining work like finding water multiple times a day. But trekking a half mile or more can lead to dehydration, as can working indoors. Another reason women become dehydrated, researchers have found, is that they lack access to toilets and therefore restrict their water intake.that she makes multiple trips to the water pump per day; some days she goes 10 times.
“Getting water in this peak heat is even more difficult, especially when I am forced to make water fetching rounds in the afternoon, when the heat is highest,” Sheelkumari said. “Taking care of the domestic chores along with this makes me feel drowsy and dehydrated the whole day.” Fever, muscle cramps or weakness, pale or cold skin, heightened heart rate and nausea are all signs of heat exhaustion, and can lead to seizures. Temperatures in India — and around the world — have beenat which the human body can function. But many women who live and work in unbearable heat in India don’t have the economic choice to slow or stop doing heavy labor.More articles by Category:
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