Investing in girls’ education is not only just and right, it’s also the foundation for women’s leadership for a sustainable future, and one of the most powerful ways of tackling the climate emergency. Research shows that countries with higher levels of girls’ education increase their resilience to climate disasters, and that women’s equal participation in decision-making, and their political leadership, tends to benefit people and the planet.
Educated women have the skills they need to run and grow sustainable businesses, especially in climate-smart agriculture. They can inspire community action to build climate resilience; innovate to adopt green technologies; and lead on local and global policy that changes the status quo. The result: increased prosperity, reduced carbon emissions, and improved adaptation and resilience to the effects of climate change, which are already being felt, especially in the world’s most marginalized communities. We know this not just from research data, but from three decades of experience in Africa.
Our CAMFED Association is the fastest-growing movement of young women leaders in Africa.
Our work results in educated women with agency, who can live healthier, more productive, and secure lives. They have healthier families, earn higher incomes, support the education of many more children in their communities, and can help build resilience to the effects of climate change, including through sustainable agriculture.
CAMFED's Climate-Smart Agriculture Guide program supports young women to understand climate change, to build climate-smart livelihoods (improving farming yields, income and jobs) and to share knowledge and skills for climate resilience and improved nutrition widely in their communities.
Our leaders are participating in several events at COP26, bringing the deep expertise, lived experience and grassroots activism of young African women to a global audience, and to the policy making table.
James White Drinks has been supporting CAMFED's work for a number of years, by printing information about our powerful model for girls' education on its juice cartons. We love partners who are passionate about social and climate justice. If you own or work for an organization that wants to make a difference, please get in touch.
Margaret Monaghan $10.9
Helen Lea $157
Julia Thompson $100
Joan Goldfeder $211
Bonnie Riggins $10.9
Michael Higgins $13
Cheryl Johnson $5.6
Amy Casciano $10.9
Valerie Turner £40
joyce Davidson $16.1
FRANK BAUDINO $26.6
Markus Rockström €37.2
Chiara Starvaggi Cucuzza €37.2
Bonnie Hollrah $52.9
Karen Thomas $158
