{"id":45581,"date":"2021-12-08T15:02:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/?p=45581"},"modified":"2021-12-08T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:02:45","slug":"flooding-in-senegal-plunges-women-into-new-depths-of-despair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysouthafrica.com\/flooding-in-senegal-plunges-women-into-new-depths-of-despair\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding in Senegal plunges women into new depths of despair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 75px;height: 75px;border-radius: 50%;background: url(https:\/\/nordot-res.cloudinary.com\/c_limit,w_200,h_200,f_auto,q_auto:eco\/ch\/units\/552711607512925281\/profile_1.jpg);background-position: center;background-size: cover;vertical-align: middle\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 5px;font-size: 14px;font-weight: bold;vertical-align: middle\">Published by <br \/>Al-Araby<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px\"><\/div>\n<p>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 &#8211; consisting of Fatou, her husband their son and four daughters &#8211; 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. &#8220;UN figures indicate that 80% of the people displaced by climate change are women, and globally women are fa&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nordot-read-more \" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nordot.app\/841321544298938368?c=819177386184916992\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published by Al-Araby 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. 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