Guinea-Bissau minister warns of climate impacts on rural women
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Ang
Guinea-Bissau’s Minister of Women and Social Solidarity, Yassénia Ibraim, described climate change as a major challenge, particularly for rural women dependent on agriculture and fishing. She was speaking at the closing of projects on feminist climate action and agroecology in West Africa, organised by the NGO Tininguena, reports ANG.
Guinea-Bissau’s Minister of Women and Social Solidarity, Yassénia Ibraim, described climate change as one of the major challenges of our time at the closing ceremony of two projects on climate and gender equality. She was speaking at a ceremony organised by the NGO Tininguena, reports ANG.
The minister warned that climate impacts are increasingly affecting communities and disrupting their production systems. A significant part of Guinea-Bissau’s population depends directly on agriculture, fishing and other activities linked to natural resources, she noted. The projects that closed, Ação Climáticas Femininas na África Ocidental and EGALE-AO, focused respectively on women’s climate action and strengthening gender equality through agroecology in West Africa.
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