If empowered, women can play a pivotal role in fight against climate change

Women's adaptation to climate change is hindered by many challenges, including inadequate formal education, poverty, limited access to resources, and exclusion from policymaking and decision-making institutions, along with various forms of marginalisation. [iStockphoto]

As we mark this year's International Women's Day, I can't help but reflect on the profound effects of climate change and other external shocks that have become strikingly apparent, particularly in the lives of millions of women in Africa.

Communities in sub-Saharan Africa that rely on rain-fed agriculture, livestock, and natural resources face severe challenges due to unpredictable weather patterns, droughts, flooding, and desertification. Women are often more vulnerable to these shocks.