Hillary Clinton Says 500,000 Indian Women Have Heat Insurance

Hillary Clinton during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Annual Meeting in New York City.

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About half a million Indian women now have access to employment insurance against extreme heat, according to Hillary Clinton, who backed an initiative to promote such protections.

The development reflects rising enrollments in programs that offer compensation when temperatures hit specific thresholds. That gives outdoor workers, particularly women, the option of avoiding long periods of dangerous heat exposure as temperatures rise.