NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations are spearheading a drive to ensure Zimbabwe’s delegation to a major United Nations climate conference in November champions policies that address the disproportionate impact of climate change on women and girls.
They made the call during a meeting hosted yesterday by the Environment, Climate and Wildlife ministry in partnership with ActionAid and the Women’s Coalition in Zimbabwe.
The meeting, themed Positioning Zimbabwe for a Gender Responsive COP 30, was a preparatory session for the third Conference of the Parties (COP 30) to the United Nations on Climate Change to be held in Brazil.
Chairperson of the Thematic Committee on Climate Change, Priscah Mupfumira, said the delegation should push for the recognition of gender in the global discussions on loss and damage.
This is to ensure that recovery, rehabilitation and compensation packages are designed with the specific needs of women and girls in mind.
“The delegation must seek partnerships that can support the establishment of a Zimbabwe National Gender and Climate Facility which would channel funds directly to women at government level, allowing them to implement projects in farming, water conservation, disaster response and renewable energy,” she said.
The chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Climate and Wildlife, Sam Matema, in a speech read on his behalf by legislator Joseph Mapiki echoed similar sentiments.
“Zimbabwe’s robust legal framework supports women’s rights and gender equality,” he said.
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“It is an opportunity for us to align our climate change strategies with our constitutional and legal commitments to gender equality, ensuring that the policies and actions we develop are not only effective but also just and equitable.”
