Posts Tagged ‘West Africa’
WEA Leaders rally to demand climate justice, representation ahead of COP28
2,000 grassroots leaders marched in Kaduna, Nigeria to demand that women be represented at COP28 and in other climate-related decision making spaces at the local, national, and international levels.
Read MoreJust Released! Mid-Year Impact Report 2022
Did you know that the root of the word crisis is the Greek word κρίσις, which means to sift? Author Kathleen Norris once wrote that to be in crisis was an opportunity then to sift until only what’s most vital remains. On the eve of World Nature Conservation Day—a day recognizing the critical role a…
Read MoreThe Climate Crisis is a Women’s Issue
The heaviest burdens of the climate crisis fall on women’s shoulders. And yet, as caretakers of families and the natural resources on which life depends, women are also best positioned to innovate the solutions our world urgently needs.
Read MoreMatch extended! You can STILL help a woman change the world.
Hello friends, Your support of WEA and the women we serve really does change the world! Together, you and our global alliance are helping to heal our climate – one seed, one tree, one cookstove, one woman – at a time. We’re thrilled to tell you that the matching challenge is still on – and your gift today will have TWICE…
Read MoreMeet Binta: A Clean Cookstove Leader, Advocate, and Entrepreneur
Binta Yahaya is a community mobilizer and environmental advocate from Lere, a rural town in Kaduna State, Nigeria. In her town, most women and girls cook over open fires, and many suffer chronic respiratory infections and other health problems from the toxic smoke. Few are aware that cooking with an open fire is like burning…
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