Venge Nyirongo est expert en politique, développement durable, à ONU-Femmes.

L’autonomie économique des femmes et le chemin vers 2030 – Mobilisation pour l’action climatique

Through a grant from UN-Women, Partenariat Recherches Environnement Medias has taught women in Katfoura, Guinea, how to plant the vitamin-rich moringa tree and how to clean, dry and sell its leaves. 10 November 2015. UN-Women/Joe Saade.
With support from the Joint Programme on Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment, Chandra Kala Thapa, a farmer from Ranichuri village in Sindhuli, Nepal, switched from grain production to high-value vegetables. 15 June 2016. UN-Women/Narendra Shrestha.
From left, artist María Nicolasa Chex, human rights activist Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, and artists Paula Nicho Cumez and María Elena Curruchiche at the Center for the Historical Memory of Women in Comalapa, Guatemala. 14 April 2018. UN-Women/Ryan Brown.

Malgré les contraintes économiques constatées, les femmes rurales continuent de jouer un rôle essentiel dans l’adaptation aux effets négatifs du changement climatique et dans leur atténuation.