Entrust women with climate action, they know better

Women in a celebratory mood during the International women's day celebrations at KICC-themed ''innovation and technology for gender equality'' on March 2, 2023. [David Gichhru, Standard]

When a child's screams attracted villagers to a scene where his mother had just collapsed and died, the first suspected cause was hunger.

Emily Chebon, 38, had walked many kilometres to and from a water pan, a 20-litre jerrycan on her head, only three weeks after giving birth to her fifth born. Her husband was at Baringo County border to ward off bandits.