In an arid province of Burkina Faso, 150 women cattle and goat breeders are playing a crucial role in securing the food sovereignty of 6 villages by adopting resilient pastoral practices and establishing a local dairy value chain. They utilize manure to enrich the soil and grow local forage crops to better feed their livestock…. Read More
Since 2013, Kopila Valley Women’s Center has uplifted 1,280 rural women towards financial autonomy and climate adaptation in the Karnali region through a holistic, ecological and rights-based model. The centre offers technical skills training in eco-friendly building techniques, electricity and organic farming, market access and financial literacy education, self-confidence and mental-health counselling, gender equality and… Read More
This entrepreneurial initiative started with the goal to reduce food waste and empower 1,500 small scale women farmers while providing affordable food options to Waruku, Mathare, and Kibera slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya. Inua Damsite community-based enterprise buys fresh farm products that are deselected by wholesalers, slices them into cooking-sized portions, applies preservation or processing… Read More
The Aya Hatariy Foundation promotes intercultural dialogue, reha- bilitates native gastronomy and supports food sovereignty via a yearly trade fair and the distribution of healthy food baskets at fair prices. Since 2014, the Fruits of Our Earth Fair has connected over 50 Kichwa Indigenous farming communities with citizens of Carcelén, a northern suburb of Quito,… Read More
The Palestine Green Building Council conducted a home-retrofit pilot project in the Qaddura refugee camp of Ramallah, to enhance families’ living conditions and promote climate resilience, environmental responsibility, and gender inclusivity. Refugee households were supported to take control over their energy consumption and reduce their utility bills. This involved improving insulation, replacing old water heaters… Read More
Ento Farms connects unemployed women and youth from urban slums with smallholder poultry farmers around Nairobi via an innovative organic waste management program. Bio-converting “Home Kits” and technical trainings empower women and youth to transform organic waste into a valuable resource using the larvae of black soldier flies. The larvae are collected and bought back… Read More
Women Smiles Uganda enhances women’s agency in underserved urban neighbourhoods to fight hunger with innovative vertical agriculture solutions. To tackle food poverty, this organization developed cost-effective, climate-resilient vertical farming systems that enable women to grow crops in confined spaces like balconies, backyards, and rooftops. Providing women from underserved communities with training and mentoring in sustainable… Read More
One Lamp provides digital financing for smaller women-led dairy farms that have no access to national energy grids in Uganda to invest in solar cooling systems. Because inheritance laws prevent women from accessing equal rights to land and property, One Lamp promotes inclusivity in a circular economy. The project provides women farmers with a rent-to-own… Read More
In Dinajpur, Bangladesh, a construction training program led by AzuKo and a local NGO supports impoverished women with a comprehensive strategy. The program contributes to enhancing community resilience to climate-induced disasters by promoting eco-friendly design and locally available materials and strengthening women’s skills in the male dominated building sector. This multifaceted initiative challenges patriarchal norms… Read More
Description of the project: This project empowers vulnerable communities in Lebanon with a focus on women, youth, refugees, and other underserved individuals to implement local climate solutions. The Green Circles initiative offers education, training, and work experience on circular economy via collaborative, community-led programs. Complementarily, the RISE2030 program focuses on empowering women and youth to… Read More
Description of the project: In 2019, Action for Youth and the Environment (AYE) trained 300 women throughout the Datcheka, Guidiguis, Tchatibali, and Maroua communities in Northern Cameroon to grow organic foods using innovative, climate adapted farming methods. The project taught young women and girls to use hydroponic and aquaponic growth systems to challenge food insecurity… Read More
Description of the project: In the Northwest and Southwest of Cameroon, rice husk and corn straw is usually burnt for cooking and heating, resulting in toxic gas emissions. YEST-IN launched a sustainable development project in 2019 using rice and corn straw to grow mushrooms to feed the local demand and produce biogas for fuel. The… Read More
Description of the project: Household cooking sector is the largest consumer of energy in Nigeria, with 80–90% of them using biomass, particularly fuel wood. This causes GHG emissions and air pollution. In a bid to mitigate this, RUWES in partnership with Nexleaf Analytics, identified clean and affordable cookstoves to close the gap in this sector…. Read More
Description of the project: La Crisálida Comuna is a socio-productive project led by women who thrive to generate new alternatives for living, interacting, producing, and consuming, built on a feminist, educative and environmental approach. Involving around 300 women farmers, they carry out agroecological community gardening to grow organic vegetables transformed in sauces and pickles; they… Read More
Description of the project: In the arid rangelands of Kajiado County, Kenya, the Rural Women Network supports locally led initiatives with agro-pastoral communities to conduct climate adaptive agriculture for resilient livelihoods. A climate information learning centre was established after consulting 40 local group leaders. Over 600 Maasai women organized in self-help groups have been trained… Read More
Description of the project: In North Macedonia, 90% of girls in rural areas and 75% in cities miss school 2–5 days/month due to excessive cost of menstruation products and inadequate sanitation facilities. To tackle menstrual poverty, JHR Skopje trained 5,000 women from rural poor communities to create their social enterprise to manufacture and sell environmentally… Read More
Description of the project: WEnCoop is a women-led energy cooperative initiated by the Greek Association of Women Entrepreneurs and founded by 60 businesswomen in June 2021. It aims to promote clean, sustainable energy innovation, address energy poverty and transform consumers into prosumers while achieving the EU climate goals. WEnCoop’s members and direct beneficiaries are women… Read More
Description of the project: The Angel Support Foundation strengthens citizen’s capacities in Benue State, Nigeria, threatened by extractive mining, to engage in natural resource protection. 500 women in several communities have been trained to serve as liaison officers with customary, religious and opinion leaders engaging in community decision making about mining and the safeguarding of… Read More
Description of the project: From 2019 to 2022, WEEK2 promoted gender equality in Kenya’s energy sector. Kenyan women face barriers in access to energy technology, information and finance, leading to low participation in sustainable energy markets. 84% of rural households rely on wood as their main fuel, leading to GHG emissions and deforestation. Health impacts… Read More
Description of the project: In the village of Kelizio, Togo, women build on the production of shea butter to strengthen their economic autonomy. 50 shea butter producers decided to install a photovoltaic (PV) solar plant to power their mill. They are decarbonizing their product processing and strengthening the sustainability of this sector. They invested in… Read More