A girl from West pokot kenya passionate on sustainable food security ,climate action,child protection and youth advocacies. ceo and founder @ ImpactAfrica23
Youths of kenya,If you do not act now and push back this evil and injustice right now when we are young and energetic,we will turn out just like our parents. Helpless and Feeble. Sahii tuko na nguvu tusiitikie kunyanyaswa. Hii kenya ni yetu bana. #FreeMorara
"The inclusion of women in climate change discussions should be more deliberate because every household is provided for by women in the Karamoja context,''
➖ Mr Denis Okori, RDC of Napak District
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#WomensClimateLeadership Training
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📢TODAY
What women discussed in #WomensClimateLeadership Training!
📌Probing to understand:
1⃣Situations when #women feel they are leaders in climate change issues
2⃣Opportunities
3⃣Weaknesses
4⃣Barriers to Women Leadership
5⃣Strength of #womenleaders in climate change issues
Denis Okori, the RDC of Napak giving remarks at the #WomensClimateLeadership training in Moroto!
He called for:
➡️Inclusion of women in #climatechange discussions
➡️Providing alternative livelihood projects
➡️Education
➡️Providing climate information to women
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We need to build women's capacity in communities to respond to #climatechange impacts that affect agriculture & their livelihood. We will train our members to make stoves, crafts to supplement their incomes incase of climate disasters -Harriet Aujo, Abim Women’s Together in Dev't
Day 4 #WomensClimateLeadership Training
The participants identified negative practices that hinder the involvement of women in leadership, stemming from cultural, religious & patriarchal tendencies.
Snapshots of #SOLUTIONS from group discussions to break the barriers
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Day 4 #WomensClimateLeadership
✍️Focus: Understanding nationally determined contributors of 🇺🇬 Karamoja Context!
Discussions on mainstreaming gender in policies, planning & policy in adaptation & mitigation of climate change in Karamoja region.
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''We need to have supportive communities & authorities to cheer #womensclimateleleadership, if the key people are not in support of women’s voices, then their voices won't be heard & if that works, it will be operational for a very short time,' Dr Mary Ssonko
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#DAY1
📸impressions from #WomensClimateLeadership Training in Moroto!
Honoured to have CAO Moroto, Mr Kutosi Kassim!
Local gov't & CSO stakeholders gathered to discuss women's role in climate action, to amplify their voices for practical #climatesolutions at grassroots!
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Day2⃣ #WomesClimateleadership Training in Moroto
Today's Learning agenda🔴
➖Science of #climatechange
➖International agreements on climate action in Karamoja context
➖Looking for evidence & sourcing knowledge.
➖Ways of strengthening women’s leadership in climate change @wsp
🎤Gender Concepts by Dr Mary Nabacwa
Ongoing group discussions on gender concepts such as gender equity, equality, responses & gender transformations!
The participants identify practical examples from their communities to define the above concepts
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📍Moroto!!
With funding from @CanadaDev, Climate Action Africa @wsp is conducting Women's Climate Leadership Capacity Strengthening in Moroto, Karamoja with @grassroots_gard.
🔴Facilitator - Brain Reed
Today if you see a tweet that is supporting or talking about the Maandamano. Just like and retweet, it is the only way we will overpower Govt Bloggers like Itumbi.#REJECTFINANCEBILL2024#RejectFinanceBill#RevolutionKe
Let no girl stay out of class due to lack of Menstrual products.Thanks to health fraternity,partners,leaders and community members for coming together to celebrate this meaningful day with girls.h
@Glorialoria6 Plastic pollution poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems and biodiversity. The treaty seeks to protect marine environments by implementing measures to prevent plastic waste from entering oceans and waterways.