By Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Since March, torrential rains linked to climate change have inundated parts of East Africa, destroying homes and livelihoods, and displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
Now, with hunger knocking, the mother-of-two contemplates a dangerous exchange – sex for food.
“I know others who had to do it,” 23-year-old Beverly, who did not want to provide her full name, told Context.
“I know about risks like AIDS. But I have lost everything and I still have to feed my children. At this moment, I am praying to God to help me,” she said.
Amidst the turmoil of Africa’s climate crisis, an unseen threat is unfolding where hunger is pushing women and girls into sexual exploitation and increasing the risk of HIV, health experts and aid workers warned.
The continent is on the frontline of the impacts of climate change. This year has already seen floods in east Africa, heatwaves in the west and drought in the south.
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