Accra — As streams dry out, groundwater levels dwindle, and forests and other vegetation yield to droughts or sever storms, women who live their lives in the rural areas of Ghana have to spend more time and energy finding water and food for their families.
For these women, climate change means more hard work just to survive.
However, “decisions to tackle changes in the climate, which has become a threat to livelihoods in developing countries, are void of women’s participation,” says Kenneth Nana Amoateng, chief executive officer of Abibimman Foundation.
Yet these women are also the same people who pick up the pieces, improvise solutions and provide responses to the challenges imposed by climate change.
Categories: Africa, Ghana, Western Africa, Women Rights