Women's Environmental Forum

We mobilize, organize, and equip women, girls, and youth from grassroots communities to national platforms to lead environmental justice movements and influence governance processes. Our approach/program strengthens leadership, promotes solidarity, agency, collective power and ensures that women and youth can act safely and effectively as environmental defenders and meaningfully engage in climate action, natural resource governance, and democratic decision-making.

• Leadership, advocacy, and climate governance training for women, girls, and youth
• Establishment and strengthening of community women's environmental groups
• Building local, district, and national networks of women environmental defenders
• Supporting women's participation in governance, policy, and civic spaces

We support gender-responsive, community-led climate solutions that protect lives, strengthen resilience, and safeguard livelihoods. Our work ensures that women, girls, and youth are central to climate adaptation and resilience initiatives at community and landscape levels.

• Climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land management
• Women-led climate adaptation and resilience initiatives
• Community early warning systems and disaster preparedness
• Documenting climate impacts on women and amplifying local solutions.

We strengthen transparency, accountability, and public participation in the governance of land, water, forests, minerals, and other natural resources. Our work ensures that women and youth environmental defenders are protected while communities are empowered to manage and safeguard their resources.

• Monitoring extractive industries and environmental compliance
• Strengthening women's leadership in natural resource decision-making and protecting defenders
• Community legal empowerment, rights education, and natural resource justice
• Anti-corruption initiatives and public-interest advocacy in environmental governance

We amplify youth and women's voices to shape policies, laws, and governance systems at national, regional, and global levels to ensure that gender, climate, and environmental justice are prioritized. We also protect environmental defenders especially women and youth through emergency support, safety measures, and capacity-building training, enabling them to continue their critical advocacy safely and effectively.

• Policy advocacy on gender, climate, environmental, and natural resource governance
• Engagement with Parliament, ministries, local governments, and regional bodies
• Production of evidence-based policy briefs, research, and community reports
• Emergency protection, referral pathways, and rapid response mechanisms
• Legal literacy and human rights awareness
• Psychosocial support, safe spaces, and wellbeing programs
• Advocacy against harassment, violence, intimidation, and reprisals

We strengthen the economic resilience of women, girls, and youth through green, sustainable, and justice-centered livelihoods that promote environmental stewardship, climate adaptation, and socio-economic empowerment. Our approach emphasizes value addition, market access, and digital solutions to maximize income, impact, and scalability.

• Green livelihoods and entrepreneurship, eco-innovation, and circular economy enterprises
• Support for women farmers, indigenous knowledge holders, and natural resource users, including value addition and product diversification
• Expanding access to climate finance, markets, and digital platforms for trade, networking, and economic opportunities

We produce feminist evidence, elevate community voices, and leverage knowledge to drive advocacy, policy reform, and public awareness. Our work ensures that local experiences, women's leadership, and youth perspectives inform solutions to environmental, climate, and governance challenges.

• Research on environmental justice, gender, climate, and governance
• Community documentation, film production, and feminist storytelling
• Knowledge-sharing platforms, learning hubs, and community exchanges
• Public campaigns, digital activism, and media partnerships