Girls Worst Hit by Climate Shocks on Schools: UNICEF
UNICEF said storms, floods and heatwaves disrupted schooling for 109 million students last year and could deepen long-term income losses.
- According to Unicef, climate hazards like heatwaves, storms, and wildfires put girls at higher risk of dropping out of school. The UN children's agency made the finding on Thursday.
- Extreme weather disrupted education for more than 171 million students across 106 countries last year, with storms affecting 109 million while floods hit at least 70 million. Most affected children come from low-income countries where resources to safeguard learning are limited.
- Lost learning and decreased literacy could lead to lifetime income losses of at least $342 billion, Unicef estimated. These effects worsen global inequalities for children in lower-income nations.
- Damage to schools and increased caregiving responsibilities during climate emergencies can force girls to drop out. These pressures also increase the risk of child marriage, complicating their return to class when schools reopen.
- About one billion children currently live in countries facing very high risk of climate shocks, prompting Unicef to urge governments to invest in educational facilities that withstand environmental hazards.
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According to a report by UNICEF, girls, unlike their fellow boys, "sustaining additional responsibilities" in their homes during natural disasters, including by getting water.
"For millions of children, climate hazards do not just disrupt classes, they destroy their schools, uproot their families and deprive the most vulnerable of them, especially girls, of the possibility of returning one day to class," explains the Executive Director of the UN agency Catherine Russell in a statement. At intense weather events, girls "take on additional responsibilities", points out the report. Unlike their fellow boys, they take mor…
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La PresseHeat, storms or floods have disrupted the education of more than 171 million children in 106 countries in 2025, according to UNICEF. The agency warns, in particular, about the situation of girls, who are more at risk of dropping out of school during climate disasters.
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