In Guinea, women and girls are disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change but are rarely included in decision-making related to climate action and natural resource management. Our work in Guinea focuses on promoting women’s environmental rights and feminist climate justice for inclusive and equitable environmental governance through the Femmes Pro-Forêts: climate change adaptation in the Moyen-Bafing National Park project.
Climate change is causing major disruption in Guinea. In particular, the intensity and frequency of droughts are increasing, leading to reduced access to water, lower agricultural yields and increased bush fires. These impacts particularly affect women and young women in rural communities, who are responsible for supplying their households with water and firewood, for subsistence farming, and for caring for children and the sick. These gendered tasks make women dependent on natural resources strongly affected by climate change, while patriarchal norms and gender-based violence limit their access to resources and decision-making spaces that would promote their ability to adapt.
Targeted results
The Femmes Pro-Forêts project aims to improve climate change adaptation for women, young women and their families in the Moyen-Bafing National Park and its buffer zone. To achieve this, the project intends to achieve the following results:
- Increased adoption of nature-based climate change adaptation solutions supporting biodiversity
- Sustained improvement in economic opportunities for women, young women and their families based on nature-based solutions
- More inclusive and equitable governance of biodiversity in favor of women, young women and their families
Equitas contributes primarily to the achievement of the project’s third outcome on inclusive and equitable governance.