CLIMATE WEEK: Calls to strengthen climate action by promoting gender
equality intensifies at Africa Climate Week.With women being the
majority of the poor in developing countries and communities highly
dependent on natural resources, experts participating in the Africa
Climate Week (ACW) have argued that practical solutions hinge on women’s
participation in all aspects of the climate change debate.
In her presentation
at the Africa Consultative Workshop on the sidelines of ACW, Salina
Sanou, with the Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), said there
is need to continue supporting indigenous women led organisations to
empower them as role models.
She added that gender disintegrated
data is a good way of identifying and rectifying gaps in monitoring
progress in the climate change discussion.
“Women and men are
experiencing climate change differently, as gender inequalities persist
around the world, recognising the important contributions of women as
decision makers, stakeholders, and experts across sectors and at all
levels can lead to successful, long-term solutions to climate change.
Indigenous women are an important part of the REDD+ process and the
climate change discussion and cannot be ignored.”
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