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To: LindyBill who wrote (90806)12/15/2004 7:44:01 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (2) of 793759
 
You know that joke about the Washington Post headline, "God says world to end tomorrow; women and minorities hardest hit?" We get a real one from the "COP10" conference.

Women more at risk from climate change: Canadian at UN conference
07:42 PM EST Dec 15

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Severe weather caused by global warming can pose greater physical danger to women than men, a Canadian attending a UN conference on climate change said Friday.

"For instance, often women don't know how to swim, so in a flood situation that can lead to a higher instance of death or injury," Angie Daze, a program manager with a Canadian group called Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change, said.http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/041210/w121092.html
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