Another example of junk and politicized science this time published in Lancet!
These pseudoscientists only compare the most recent 20 year period with the one immediately before to make their claims! Absolute junk!
The University of Cambridge also featured this junk since:
Extreme weather and climate events likely to drive increase in gender-based violence
Extreme weather and climate events likely to drive increase in gender-based violence
"As a result of climate change, the intensity, frequency, duration, timing, and spatial extent of extreme weather and climate events are changing.1 Between 2000 and 2019, floods, droughts, and storms alone have affected nearly 4 billion people worldwide, costing over 300 000 lives.2 The occurances of these extreme events represents a drastic change since the period 1980–99, with the frequency of floods increasing by 134%, storms by 40%, and droughts by 29%. ..."
From the abstract:
"The intensity and frequency of extreme weather and climate events are expected to increase due to anthropogenic climate change. This systematic review explores extreme events and their effect on gender-based violence (GBV) experienced by women, girls, and sexual and gender minorities. We searched ten databases until February, 2022. Grey literature was searched using the websites of key organisations working on GBV and Google. ... We identified 26 381 manuscripts. 41 studies were included exploring several types of extreme events (ie, storms, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wildfires) and GBV (eg, sexual violence and harassment, physical violence, witch killing, early or forced marriage, and emotional violence). Studies were predominantly cross-sectional. Although most qualitative studies were of reasonable quality, most quantitative studies were of poor quality. Only one study included sexual and gender minorities. Most studies showed an increase in one or several GBV forms during or after extreme events, often related to economic instability, food insecurity, mental stress, disrupted infrastructure, increased exposure to men, tradition, and exacerbated gender inequality. These findings could have important implications for sexual-transformative and gender-transformative interventions, policies, and implementation. High-quality evidence from large, ethnographically diverse cohorts is essential to explore the effects and driving factors of GBV during and after extreme events."
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