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Flood-related violence against women

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Extreme weather events are increasingly linked to violence. A new study finds that exposure to floods increases risk of intimate-partner violence among women, especially among more vulnerable populations.

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Fig. 1: The IPV prevalence and proportion of flood exposure in 31 LMICs.

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  1. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Adrienne Epstein & Sheri D. Weiser

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Jason M. Nagata

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Epstein, A., Nagata, J.M. & Weiser, S.D. Flood-related violence against women. Nat Water 3, 256–257 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00410-1

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