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June 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
We want to hear from you. How are you seeing these dynamics unfold in your community or work? Share your insights, stories, or questions with us! ☘️
At Climate Brides, we are learning not to reduce these realities to causes and effects. We trace messy, intersecting pressures.
🔖Read more about why the climate crisis demands deeper, more critical stories on our website: www.climatebrides.com/about-us 👇
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About | Climate Brides
An open-access multimedia platform that (un)ties the knots between climate change and child marriage in South Asia. Dive deeper into the interlinkages.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
At Climate Brides, we are learning not to reduce these realities to causes and effects. We trace messy, intersecting pressures.
🔖Read more about why the climate crisis demands deeper, more critical stories on our website: www.climatebrides.com/about-us 👇
🔖Read more about why the climate crisis demands deeper, more critical stories on our website: www.climatebrides.com/about-us 👇
Marriage may become a survival strategy. A mobility tactic. A last resort. What looks like tradition could also be a response to shrinking choices. 👇
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Marriage may become a survival strategy. A mobility tactic. A last resort. What looks like tradition could also be a response to shrinking choices. 👇
⚡In South Asia, rising heat, floods, and droughts are deepening longstanding inequalities, but the link between climate and child marriage is not linear. It is complex, shaped by poverty, migration, patriarchy, and the absence of strong institutions. 👇
June 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
⚡In South Asia, rising heat, floods, and droughts are deepening longstanding inequalities, but the link between climate and child marriage is not linear. It is complex, shaped by poverty, migration, patriarchy, and the absence of strong institutions. 👇
14/ This isn’t just about marriage.
It’s about inequality, labour, care, climate—and whose work is valued when crisis hits.
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It’s about inequality, labour, care, climate—and whose work is valued when crisis hits.
Please share to keep the conversation going.
#ClimateBridesMap #ClimateBrides
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
14/ This isn’t just about marriage.
It’s about inequality, labour, care, climate—and whose work is valued when crisis hits.
Please share to keep the conversation going.
#ClimateBridesMap #ClimateBrides
It’s about inequality, labour, care, climate—and whose work is valued when crisis hits.
Please share to keep the conversation going.
#ClimateBridesMap #ClimateBrides
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June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
13/ Want to learn more?
Explore the full Climate Brides Map:
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Follow
@ClimateBrides
for more.
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12/ To create just, effective policy, we need climate responses that:
✅ Recognise gendered labour
✅ Share work fairly
✅ Reduce the burden on girls & women
Because resilience isn’t gender-neutral. #ClimateJustice is #GenderJustice
✅ Recognise gendered labour
✅ Share work fairly
✅ Reduce the burden on girls & women
Because resilience isn’t gender-neutral. #ClimateJustice is #GenderJustice
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
12/ To create just, effective policy, we need climate responses that:
✅ Recognise gendered labour
✅ Share work fairly
✅ Reduce the burden on girls & women
Because resilience isn’t gender-neutral. #ClimateJustice is #GenderJustice
✅ Recognise gendered labour
✅ Share work fairly
✅ Reduce the burden on girls & women
Because resilience isn’t gender-neutral. #ClimateJustice is #GenderJustice
11/ What’s missing from climate policy?
Most plans treat households as gender-neutral.
But they rarely ask:
📍Who’s doing the unpaid work?
📍How does crisis shift that labour?
📍How does this shape child marriage risk?
Most plans treat households as gender-neutral.
But they rarely ask:
📍Who’s doing the unpaid work?
📍How does crisis shift that labour?
📍How does this shape child marriage risk?
June 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
11/ What’s missing from climate policy?
Most plans treat households as gender-neutral.
But they rarely ask:
📍Who’s doing the unpaid work?
📍How does crisis shift that labour?
📍How does this shape child marriage risk?
Most plans treat households as gender-neutral.
But they rarely ask:
📍Who’s doing the unpaid work?
📍How does crisis shift that labour?
📍How does this shape child marriage risk?
10/
At the same time, boys—especially in rural or low-income areas—are pushed into work early.
They may migrate, take dangerous jobs, or leave school to support families.
These shifts also influence decisions around girls.
#ClimateJustice #ChildMarriageCrisis
At the same time, boys—especially in rural or low-income areas—are pushed into work early.
They may migrate, take dangerous jobs, or leave school to support families.
These shifts also influence decisions around girls.
#ClimateJustice #ChildMarriageCrisis
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
10/
At the same time, boys—especially in rural or low-income areas—are pushed into work early.
They may migrate, take dangerous jobs, or leave school to support families.
These shifts also influence decisions around girls.
#ClimateJustice #ChildMarriageCrisis
At the same time, boys—especially in rural or low-income areas—are pushed into work early.
They may migrate, take dangerous jobs, or leave school to support families.
These shifts also influence decisions around girls.
#ClimateJustice #ChildMarriageCrisis
9/ Climate change affects boys & men too—especially through disrupted livelihoods.
Erratic weather hits crops & incomes. But expectations to “provide” don’t shift.
When that breaks down, families may turn to early marriage as a form of control or relief.
Erratic weather hits crops & incomes. But expectations to “provide” don’t shift.
When that breaks down, families may turn to early marriage as a form of control or relief.
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
9/ Climate change affects boys & men too—especially through disrupted livelihoods.
Erratic weather hits crops & incomes. But expectations to “provide” don’t shift.
When that breaks down, families may turn to early marriage as a form of control or relief.
Erratic weather hits crops & incomes. But expectations to “provide” don’t shift.
When that breaks down, families may turn to early marriage as a form of control or relief.
8/ Pakistan, 2022 floods:
30M+ people affected.
In camps, girls cared for siblings, elders, the sick.
With schools shut and resources low, some families saw early marriage as a way to cope with prolonged crisis. climatebrides.buzzsprout.com/1999556/epis...
30M+ people affected.
In camps, girls cared for siblings, elders, the sick.
With schools shut and resources low, some families saw early marriage as a way to cope with prolonged crisis. climatebrides.buzzsprout.com/1999556/epis...
Episode 05: Maryam Jamali on flash floods, humanitarian aid and survival marriages in Balochistan - The Climate Brides Podcast
The Climate Brides podcast will bring to you a series of conversations on early and forced marriages, and the climate crisis in South Asia. We will listen to survivors, frontline workers, activists, a...
climatebrides.buzzsprout.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
8/ Pakistan, 2022 floods:
30M+ people affected.
In camps, girls cared for siblings, elders, the sick.
With schools shut and resources low, some families saw early marriage as a way to cope with prolonged crisis. climatebrides.buzzsprout.com/1999556/epis...
30M+ people affected.
In camps, girls cared for siblings, elders, the sick.
With schools shut and resources low, some families saw early marriage as a way to cope with prolonged crisis. climatebrides.buzzsprout.com/1999556/epis...
7/ Bundelkhand, India:
Girls walk up to 15km a day for water during drought.
Education becomes harder to sustain.
Marriage becomes a practical—if painful—decision. khabarlahariya.org/weight-of-wa...
Girls walk up to 15km a day for water during drought.
Education becomes harder to sustain.
Marriage becomes a practical—if painful—decision. khabarlahariya.org/weight-of-wa...
Weight of Water: The Gendered Toll of Water Scarcity in Bundelkhand
Summers in Bundelkhand bring not only scorching temperatures but also water scarcity, making life difficult for locals. This report takes a closer look at the lives of women in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba ...
khabarlahariya.org
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
7/ Bundelkhand, India:
Girls walk up to 15km a day for water during drought.
Education becomes harder to sustain.
Marriage becomes a practical—if painful—decision. khabarlahariya.org/weight-of-wa...
Girls walk up to 15km a day for water during drought.
Education becomes harder to sustain.
Marriage becomes a practical—if painful—decision. khabarlahariya.org/weight-of-wa...
6/ This growing burden often pushes girls out of school.
First, fewer days in class. Then, full withdrawal. 🚸
Marriage becomes less about tradition, more about narrowed options.
#GirlsNotBrides #IntersectionalJustice
First, fewer days in class. Then, full withdrawal. 🚸
Marriage becomes less about tradition, more about narrowed options.
#GirlsNotBrides #IntersectionalJustice
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
6/ This growing burden often pushes girls out of school.
First, fewer days in class. Then, full withdrawal. 🚸
Marriage becomes less about tradition, more about narrowed options.
#GirlsNotBrides #IntersectionalJustice
First, fewer days in class. Then, full withdrawal. 🚸
Marriage becomes less about tradition, more about narrowed options.
#GirlsNotBrides #IntersectionalJustice
5/ Climate change makes daily survival harder:
🌱 Drought = longer water walks
🌊 Floods = displacement & caregiving
🌾 Food shortages = more pressure on girls’ labour
Girls take on more—at home & in informal work. Often unpaid. Often unprotected. #ClimateBrides
🌱 Drought = longer water walks
🌊 Floods = displacement & caregiving
🌾 Food shortages = more pressure on girls’ labour
Girls take on more—at home & in informal work. Often unpaid. Often unprotected. #ClimateBrides
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
5/ Climate change makes daily survival harder:
🌱 Drought = longer water walks
🌊 Floods = displacement & caregiving
🌾 Food shortages = more pressure on girls’ labour
Girls take on more—at home & in informal work. Often unpaid. Often unprotected. #ClimateBrides
🌱 Drought = longer water walks
🌊 Floods = displacement & caregiving
🌾 Food shortages = more pressure on girls’ labour
Girls take on more—at home & in informal work. Often unpaid. Often unprotected. #ClimateBrides
4/ As climate pressures grow, so do these demands.
Girls lose time to study, rest, or play. Some families see marriage as a way to pass on or reduce that labour—a coping strategy under stress. 💁♀️⚒️🌀
#FeministClimateAction #ClimateBrides
Girls lose time to study, rest, or play. Some families see marriage as a way to pass on or reduce that labour—a coping strategy under stress. 💁♀️⚒️🌀
#FeministClimateAction #ClimateBrides
June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
4/ As climate pressures grow, so do these demands.
Girls lose time to study, rest, or play. Some families see marriage as a way to pass on or reduce that labour—a coping strategy under stress. 💁♀️⚒️🌀
#FeministClimateAction #ClimateBrides
Girls lose time to study, rest, or play. Some families see marriage as a way to pass on or reduce that labour—a coping strategy under stress. 💁♀️⚒️🌀
#FeministClimateAction #ClimateBrides
3/ Girls, especially, face this burden early.
Their labour is often framed as “helping out,” rather than acknowledged as real work.
Because it’s linked to obedience & preparation for marriage, it comes without rights or limits. ⚖️
#UnpaidCareWork #GenderJustice #ClimateBrides
Their labour is often framed as “helping out,” rather than acknowledged as real work.
Because it’s linked to obedience & preparation for marriage, it comes without rights or limits. ⚖️
#UnpaidCareWork #GenderJustice #ClimateBrides
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3/ Girls, especially, face this burden early.
Their labour is often framed as “helping out,” rather than acknowledged as real work.
Because it’s linked to obedience & preparation for marriage, it comes without rights or limits. ⚖️
#UnpaidCareWork #GenderJustice #ClimateBrides
Their labour is often framed as “helping out,” rather than acknowledged as real work.
Because it’s linked to obedience & preparation for marriage, it comes without rights or limits. ⚖️
#UnpaidCareWork #GenderJustice #ClimateBrides
2/ What does that mean?
In many homes, work isn’t shared equally.
Women & girls do most of the unpaid care & survival labour—
Cooking. Collecting water. Caring for others. Farming.
It’s vital—but rarely recognised or protected. #ClimateBrides
In many homes, work isn’t shared equally.
Women & girls do most of the unpaid care & survival labour—
Cooking. Collecting water. Caring for others. Farming.
It’s vital—but rarely recognised or protected. #ClimateBrides
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
2/ What does that mean?
In many homes, work isn’t shared equally.
Women & girls do most of the unpaid care & survival labour—
Cooking. Collecting water. Caring for others. Farming.
It’s vital—but rarely recognised or protected. #ClimateBrides
In many homes, work isn’t shared equally.
Women & girls do most of the unpaid care & survival labour—
Cooking. Collecting water. Caring for others. Farming.
It’s vital—but rarely recognised or protected. #ClimateBrides
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