Global Roundup: Bangladesh Woman Asia’s First Heat Officer, Mauritius LGBTQ+ Community, Ecuador Femicide Report, Thailand Queer Artist, Indigenous Newlyweds Destigmatize Queer Love
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Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Bushra Afreen, heat officer of Dhaka North, Bangladesh. Photograph: Noor Alam/Guardian Bushra Afreen has taken on a new role, the first of its kind in Asia: chief heat officer for Dhaka North in Bangladesh. The 30-year-old joins an all-female network of heat officers in cities around the world, including Miami; Athens; Melbourne; Chile’s capital, Santiago; Freetown in Sierra Leone; and the Mexican city of Monterrey. Her appointment is part of an initiative led by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (known as Arsht-Rock) to help city administration departments coordinate their response to extreme heat and better protect their residents. Chief heat officers are tasked with accelerating heat-protection efforts and initiating new work to reduce the risks and impact of the changes.
Global Roundup: Bangladesh Woman Asia’s First Heat Officer, Mauritius LGBTQ+ Community, Ecuador Femicide Report, Thailand Queer Artist, Indigenous Newlyweds Destigmatize Queer Love
Global Roundup: Bangladesh Woman Asia’s First…
Global Roundup: Bangladesh Woman Asia’s First Heat Officer, Mauritius LGBTQ+ Community, Ecuador Femicide Report, Thailand Queer Artist, Indigenous Newlyweds Destigmatize Queer Love
Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Bushra Afreen, heat officer of Dhaka North, Bangladesh. Photograph: Noor Alam/Guardian Bushra Afreen has taken on a new role, the first of its kind in Asia: chief heat officer for Dhaka North in Bangladesh. The 30-year-old joins an all-female network of heat officers in cities around the world, including Miami; Athens; Melbourne; Chile’s capital, Santiago; Freetown in Sierra Leone; and the Mexican city of Monterrey. Her appointment is part of an initiative led by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center (known as Arsht-Rock) to help city administration departments coordinate their response to extreme heat and better protect their residents. Chief heat officers are tasked with accelerating heat-protection efforts and initiating new work to reduce the risks and impact of the changes.