Canada recognizes that immediate support is needed for women and girls, who are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and natural disasters. The effects on women and girls increase existing social inequalities and threaten their health, safety and economic well-being.
Today, on International Women's Day, the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, reinforced Canada's commitment to putting women and girls at the heart of climate action by announcing $67.5 million in international assistance funding for 8 projects.
Minister Sajjan recently met with Leticia Ama Deawuo, Executive Director of SeedChange, to talk about one of these 8 projects, Rural Women Cultivating Change, and the important work SeedChange is doing in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania as part of this project.
The projects Canada is funding will support women's leadership and decision making in all aspects of climate change adaptation, mitigation and sustainable natural resource management. They will help ensure that climate-related and nature-positive planning, policy-making and financing address the particular needs and challenges of women and girls and that they support employment and business opportunities for women in the climate and natural resource sectors.
