WHAT WE DO
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT
Create Compelling Media
Climate Wise Women has responded to the travel restrictions of COVID-19 by creating award-winning media content that brings women’s leadership to decision-makers, funders, business leaders and climate justice practitioners. Our mini-documentary on the Women’s Climate Centers was recognized as Best Short Video at the 2020 Community Based Adaptation conference.
Featured Speaking Engagements
Ensuring opportunities for women to be heard by policy makers, influencers and the public at international conferences and events. Climate Wise Women have participated in over 100 speaking engagements. As global events move on-line, we continue to connect grassroots women with virtual speaking opportunities, including plenary addresses and conference panels.
Site Visits
SITE VISITS ARE SUSPENDED UNTIL 2021. Coordinating community engagement for international donors and media with Climate Wise Women communities in Papua New Guinea and Uganda.
Funding Access Development
Connecting grassroots women’s groups with international funding opportunities and assisting with grant writing, budgeting, and reporting.
TRAINING AND NETWORK EMPOWERMENT
Community Bookkeeping Training
Uganda’s Osukuru United Women’s Network has trained over 400 community members in the Tororo District in basic bookkeeping skills, enabling rural women to track the revenues from their harvests and providing a framework for new entrepreneurial initiatives.
Women's Climate Centers
The Women’s Climate Centers is a network of groups across Uganda and Kenya that provides localized peer-to-peer training in climate resistant agriculture, water and hygiene management, sustainable energy and conservation as part of an agile knowledge-sharing and capacity-building curriculum. The project, a collaboration of six women-led organizations in East Africa, Canada and the US, was launched in 2018. The flagship Women’s Climate Center is under construction in Tororo, Uganda.
We're on a mission
Climate Wise Women’s mission is to Increase recognition for women’s leadership and climate wisdom and to insure access to the critical resources necessary for their leadership – and their communities – to thrive.
