Right now, an unusual April and May heatwave is scorching large parts of India. Temperatures have exceeded 46°C across the northwest and centre, schools are closed, hospitals have set up dedicated heatstroke units and the government has issued heat warnings. We tend to think of heatwaves as a health crisis – almost 490,000 people die from heat globally each year. But this doesn’t account for the destructive effects of extreme heat on the everyday lives of women in ways that don’t show up in mort