Hunger, child marriage, prostitution - India drought hurts women, low-caste Dalits more


  • World
  • Monday, 23 May 2016

MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - India's worst drought in decades is hurting women and lower-caste Dalits disproportionately, with impacts ranging from malnutrition to early marriage to prostitution, activists say.

The government estimates the drought has affected more than 330 million people - almost a quarter of India's population - across 13 of the country's 29 states.

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