The Arc | Joanita Babirye on Women’s Climate Leadership in Uganda
Duration:35:00Posted date/time:
Environmental Change and Security Program
In this episode of “The Arc,” ECSP’s Claire Doyle and Angus Soderberg interview Joanita Babirye, Co-founder of Girls for Climate Action. Joanita shares about her firsthand experiences with climate stressors and the broader impact of climate change on women in Uganda. But it’s also a story of hope: She tells us about her work training over 300 women in climate action and facilitating climate demonstration hubs, underscoring the role that women and girls can play as catalysts for change in the face of the climate crisis.
Guest
Joanita Babirye
Co-founder of Girls for Climate Action
Moderators
Claire Doyle
Program Associate, Environmental Change and Security Program
Angus Soderberg
Program Coordinator, Environmental Change and Security Program
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more
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