- Our Work / programs
Climate Change
Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing humanity today and poses a significant threat to Uganda’s development ambition of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. If left unchecked, global warming will cause adverse effects on livelihoods in Uganda, such as crop production, livestock production, fisheries, forestry and post-harvest activities.
The main objective of the program is to empower communities on community-based adaption and resilience to climate change impacts.
Land rights and Agriculture
Land is a fundamentally important resource in Uganda, and is the basis of income, sustenance, and identity for the majority of Ugandans. Agriculture dominates the country’s economy, and accounts for 80% of export earnings and an estimated 80% of employment nationwide. Approximately 87% of Uganda’s estimated 35 million people reside in rural areas, 85% of whom are involved in subsistence agriculture. Nationwide, 90% of all rural women work in agriculture, and women produce an estimated 80% of food crops and contribute 90% of all labor for food production.
The land rights have continued to be violated through land grabbing, forced eviction among others.
This programme therefore, seeks to create awareness of land rights among the communities.
Environmental conservation
It is the primary role and responsibility of the communities to protect the natural government and ecosystems where they drive their livelihoods. The main objectives for the communities to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse trends, is to protect both the ecosystem and community livelihoods for the present and future generations.
Why women
Women are the most impacted by climate change
Studies have found that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. The economic and health impacts of more prolonged droughts, reduced food production, and severe weather events are disproportionately felt by women. The world’s poorest countries are the most vulnerable, with women making up the majority of the 1.5 billion people living on less than $1 per day.
Women also face more adverse effects of natural disasters and pollution. After floods, and landslides, women face higher rates of both sexual violence and health problems.
Women are the primary gatherers of water, food, and fuel, and they dominate subsistence farming, caregiving, and cleaning. These duties are more prone to feel the effects of environmental degradation and rising global temperatures as they rely heavily upon natural resources.
Women must stand at the forefront of all action to address the global climate crisis because they are simultaneously the most adversely impacted by climate change and environmental degradation, and yet are indispensable actors and leaders of just and effective solutions.
- Our approach
RIWONC supports and advances diversity in all its programs, including in its leaderships, partnerships and policy advocacy. We believe in addressing the environmental challenges requires narrowing the gender gaps in at all levels of engagement – from the local to the global and advocates in recognizing women’s human rights to address gender inequality and strives to provide gender-responsive approaches to the right to a healthy environment and securing it for the future generations for a just and transformative sustainable development and environmental security
Our Approach
RIWONC supports and advances diversity in all its programs, including in its leaderships, partnerships and policy advocacy. We believe in addressing the environmental challenges requires narrowing the gender gaps in at all levels of engagement – from the local to the global and advocates in recognizing women’s human rights to address gender inequality and strives to provide gender-responsive approaches to the right to a healthy environment and securing it for the future generations for a just and transformative sustainable development and environmental security
Why women
Women are the most impacted by climate change Studies have found that 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. The economic and health impacts of more prolonged droughts, reduced food production, and severe weather events are disproportionately felt by women. The world’s poorest countries are the most vulnerable, with women making up the majority of the 1.5 billion people living on less than $1 per day.
Women also face more adverse effects of natural disasters and pollution. After floods, and landslides, women face higher rates of both sexual violence and health problems.
Women are the primary gatherers of water, food, and fuel, and they dominate subsistence farming, care giving, and cleaning. These duties are more prone to feel the effects of environmental degradation and rising global temperatures as they rely heavily upon natural resources.
Women must stand at the forefront of all action to address the global climate crisis because they are simultaneously the most adversely impacted by climate change and environmental degradation, and yet are indispensable actors and leaders of just and effective solutions.