Fatou*, a former resident of Saint Louis, found herself and her family caught between the Atlantic and flood-prone Senegal River. The area was already flood-prone, but increasingly severe weather changes caused by climate change forced her to move away. The family of 7 – consisting of Fatou, her husband their son and four daughters – now live in Diougop, a makeshift camp shared by 200 other families whose lives changed when the climate crisis caused sea changes to take over their homes. “UN figures indicate that 80% of the people displaced by climate change are women, and globally women are fa…

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