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Climate Brides: (Un)tying the Knots Between Climate Change and Child Marriage
The Climate Brides project investigates the intersection of climate change, environmental stress, and social inequality, focusing on how shifting ecological conditions are influencing migration patterns, livelihoods, and marriage practices in vulnerable regions of South Asia. It links environmental change to questions of social protection, agency, and structural vulnerability.
Dr Reetika Revathy Subramanian, Founder and Researcher – Climate Brides will present insights from this innovative project, followed by reflections from discussant Dr Victoria Whitford, Researcher – Children and Climate Initiative and Department of Psychiatry. The session will be of particular interest to students and researchers working on climate change, gender studies, justice and development policy.
Date:
6 March 2026, 17:30
Venue:
Flora Anderson Hall
Venue Details:
Enter Somerville College from the main entrance on Woodstock Road
Speakers:
Dr Reetika Revathy Subramanian (University of East Anglia),
Victoria Whitford (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Somerville College
Organisers:
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development,
Oxford Climate Society and Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Organiser contact email address:
oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Part of:
OICSD Sustainability Series
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/XYCaSLiDEW
Booking email:
oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editors:
Neeraj Shetye,
Narhitya Nawal
