21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties or COP21
has just begun. Its THE most important climate summit of our lifetime
where we expect the world to strike a climate deal - one that will be
"gender responsive". On the occasion, I am running
a 2-week blog campaign, connecting the dots among COP21, Climate Change
and Gender.
It's 2nd day of COP21. It's also World AIDS Day. Let me bring you the story of Bimla - a young woman from Machalipatnam - a coastal town in southern India. Barely 25 year old, Bimla is a widow and lives with HIV.
What is the connection between Bimla and COP21 or Climate Change? To understand that, you need to hear how Bimla got the virus. She was infected by her husband - a farmer who lost his farm to a cyclone in 2010 ( That cyclone - cyclone Laila, was actually one of the 60 cyclones that their state has seen in past 4 decades),
It's 2nd day of COP21. It's also World AIDS Day. Let me bring you the story of Bimla - a young woman from Machalipatnam - a coastal town in southern India. Barely 25 year old, Bimla is a widow and lives with HIV.
What is the connection between Bimla and COP21 or Climate Change? To understand that, you need to hear how Bimla got the virus. She was infected by her husband - a farmer who lost his farm to a cyclone in 2010 ( That cyclone - cyclone Laila, was actually one of the 60 cyclones that their state has seen in past 4 decades),
