The worsening effects of climate change are pushing female students in Asia out of the classroom, with extreme weather hamstringing their ability to fulfil household duties, maintain good hygiene, and even physically get to school.Her province experiences extreme droughts and heavy flooding, which only increases her household obligations.She waits in line to collect water for the family, and if she is too late, her whole day is impacted.
"If I'm unable to shower in the morning it will make me feel focus during the lesson," she said.As the planet continues to warm, she is extremely anxious for her future.Sikha and Samikshya are climate activists from Nepal, and their education has also been compromised due to climate change."The thing is, we never got a sense to know why it was happening.Samikshya has had a similar experience.
Infrastructure would also be damaged, and their schools would close for months while the clean-up was underway.Textbooks would get destroyed by rainfall and flooding, blackouts would plague early-morning classes, and a lack of bathrooms at school also made practising proper hygiene difficult. Osin and her friends plant various tree species around the water's edge to prevent rising seas from taking over her island.
YouTube blocks Foreign Correspondent episode after Indian's government's demand, weeks before election