Women experience extreme heat differently to men. And they’re adapting to it in creative ways
- Written by Febe De Geest, Research Fellow in Human Geography, The University of Melbourne
Right now, an unusual April and May heatwave is scorching large parts of India.
Temperatures have exceeded 46°C across the northwest and centre, schools are closed, hospitals have set up dedicated heatstroke units and the government has issued heat warnings.
We tend to think of heatwaves as a health crisis – almost 490,000 people die from h...





