Gender in forest and landscape restoration

Project update

23 Jan

Written By International Tree Foundation

We urgently need to increase resilience to climate change, especially for rural communities. One way to make a big difference is make sure that women are included in forest restoration work.

Training of Trainers workshop on women in leadership development

It is well documented that women and marginalised groups are more vulnerable to climate shocks. And while women typically carry the burden and hardship of tending to agricultural work, they often have limited control over land in comparison to their male counterparts.

Therefore, we must engage and include women throughout the restoration process so that climate change solutions are responsive to their needs as well as that of their communities as a whole.

This joint Gender and Climate Justice Project in partnership with Size of Wales and Masaka Land District Landcare Chapter Leadership (MADLACC), does just that.

Gender and climate justice project: Masaka District, Uganda

In line with the UN SDG 5 (Gender Equality), this project focuses on women and their role as natural resource managers. This means that we’re working to support women to participate fully in the process, from project planning to implementation.

Green agents of change

Through this project, we’re supporting rural women in this area to become agents of change through training and access to resources such as seed funds, organic fertilisers, equipment and beehives to set up sustainable and nature friendly initiatives.

And in the last quarter, we carried out training sessions for 22 gender champions and 146 community members.

We also carried out training sessions on tree nursery management and apiary management for community members.