Pastoralists

Halima's future at 13 was foretold: a pastoralist's daughter, she was married to a man 12 years her senior. Next would surely come the first of many pregnancies, and a life of domestic hardship.

Climate change and political borders are just two of the challenges facing the world's 200 million to 500 million pastoralists -- women and men practicing animal husbandry, be they nomadic, transhumant or sedentarized.

Halima's future at 13 was foretold: a pastoralist's daughter, she was married to a man 12 years her senior. Next would surely come the first of many pregnancies, and a life of domestic hardship.

Climate change and political borders are just two of the challenges facing the world's 200 million to 500 million pastoralists -- women and men practicing animal husbandry, be they nomadic, transhumant or sedentarized.