Ugandan Women Tackle Domestic Violence With Green Solutions: Uganda
"There have been a growing number of women in my village who experienced intimate partner violence. But they have always accepted to continue bearing the brunt of suffering because of their inability to deal with their finances," Okollet, who is the chair and founder of Osukuru United Women Network, told IPS.
Okollet's organization currently empowers and educates women on how climate change affects their village resources. Most importantly, it provides resources for entrepreneurship and counseling to women affected by domestic violence and advocates for their emancipation by empowering them to be self-reliant by becoming green entrepreneurs.
To amplify support for women to build climate resilience, the African Development Bank organized the session held during COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh under the theme,"Gender-sensitive and climate just finance mechanisms." Robinson gave the example of some women-led projects in Uganda which could do ten times more if they had access to targeted climate resources."They had no prospects of getting the money that could be available for their sector - they didn't even know who was getting the money or where it was going," she told delegates.
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