{"id":2026,"date":"2019-10-15T13:52:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2019-11-20T13:57:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T13:57:06","slug":"antonio-guterres-las-mujeres-rurales-son-fundamentales-en-la-accion-mundial-sobre-el-clima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/novedades\/antonio-guterres-las-mujeres-rurales-son-fundamentales-en-la-accion-mundial-sobre-el-clima\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Women a \u2018Powerful Force\u2019 for Global Climate Action: UN Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN Climate Change News, 15 October 2019\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0In a message to mark the International Day of Rural Women, observed annually on 15 October, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio\u00a0Guterres said that \u201clistening to rural women and amplifying their voices is central to spreading knowledge about climate change and encouraging\u00a0governments, businesses and community leaders to act.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s celebration is \u201cRural Women and Girls Building Climate Resistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs early adopters of new agricultural techniques, first responders in crises and entrepreneurs of green energy, rural women are a powerful force that can drive global progress,\u201d Mr. Guterres said.<\/p>\n

Globally, one in three women works in agriculture, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO<\/a>). It is a sector that gets hit hard when climate-related disasters strike, such as droughts and heat waves.<\/p>\n

While women cultivate land, collect food, water and essential fuels, and sustain entire households, the UN chief pointed out that they lack equal access to land, finances, equipment, markets and the power to make decisions.<\/p>\n

But with international support, rural women around the world are making a difference and taking concrete climate action. See some\u00a0inspiring stories below.<\/p>\n

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CAMFED<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

In 2013, the\u00a0Campaign for Female Education<\/a>\u00a0(CAMFED), launched a breakthrough initiative to train young women from poor, marginalized farming communities across sub-Saharan Africa. Through this training, they\u00a0become Agriculture Guides \u2013 champions of sustainable agriculture. This initiative was one of the winners of the 2019\u00a0UN Global Climate Action Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

These young women have improved the productivity, sustainability and profitability of their own smallholdings as well as encouraged wide adoption of practical, affordable and locally-relevant climate-smart techniques. This includes inter-cropping and drip irrigation using waste plastic bottles and technologies that value Indigenous traditions. Read more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UN Women\/Te\u00f3fila Guarachi<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Women in the Bolivian Amazon are protecting the forest and empowering themselves<\/strong><\/p>\n

While parts of the Amazon have been severely impacted by fires, notably in\u00a0Brazil and eastern Bolivia, communities in northern Bolivia are protecting their forests through a series of economic empowerment projects.<\/p>\n

A project in the Buen Retiro community in the northern Bolivian Amazon involves 24 women and men who process a\u00e7a\u00ed, majo, and cupua\u00e7u\u2014wild fruits from the Amazon jungle. \u201cThanks to the project we\u2019ve improved our knowledge, our economy, and with that, our lives and that of our children.\u201d explains Justiniano, President of the Agricultural Association of Amazonian Producers of Majo and Asa\u00ed of Riberalta. Read more\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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UN Women\/ Tsitsi Matope<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Climate-friendly biogas becomes \u2018fashionable\u2019 in rural Tanzania<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ngorongoro, a remote district in Arusha that has suffered severe droughts, is a testament to how rural communities are bearing the brunt of a changing climate that is ravaging many parts of East Africa.<\/p>\n

In face of these challenges, the Energize project spearheaded by the Pastoral Women\u2019s Council in partnership with UN Women and UNESCO is building new skills for out-of-school pastoralist adolescent girls and young women on biogas and solar energy products, as well as on how to run sustainable businesses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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