[Question on societal impact - Women's issues, gender, and development]

The UNFCIO, UNDP has noted that women and children are over 16 times more likely to die during disasters and with extreme heat becoming a major threat, gender vulnerability deserve attention.

[Boxed text: Traditional gender roles- responsibilities exacerbate women's vulnerability to extreme heat]

○ Feminisation of agriculture - estimated >50% of the agricultural workforce - leads to heat exposure

○ Water, firewood collection et - (E) 'Water wheels' in Rajasthan - more time spent in the heat