disproportionately impact women and girls. The necessity of water collection takes away time from income-generating activities, child care and education  . Consumption of larger volumes of water is essential for healthy women during pregnancy, lactation and caregiving, which increases the amount of water that has to be fetched. Fetching of water is associated with increased risk of sexual abuse, demand for sexual favours at controlled water collection points, physical injuries , domestic violence for not completing daily water-related domestic tasks , and poorer maternal and child health  . Menstrual hygiene management is a public health issue but poorly linked to climate change, despite relationships between lack of adequate WaSH, poor menstrual hygiene, and urinary tract infections . Water insecurity also affects emotional, spiritual and cultural relationships that are often critical to Indigenous health  .
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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