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The impending crisis in Kenya is only one case study for the dire situations that threaten the global community due to climate change. However, there are several steps that we can take to alleviate the situation, and Kenya happens to be the perfect demonstration of this. By understanding climate change’s impact on women, youth, and refugees, a necessary dimension of climate change response is revealed.
Young women are at the intersection of these two agendas and should therefore be actively engaged in the conversations surrounding peace-building, peace-negotiations, and peace-keeping. It is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the role of young people in furthering gender activism. Young women have particularly been previously excluded as ‘youth’ has been translated as ‘young men’ in the context of war, conflicts, and peace-building.
“How do you convince a male-dominated field to accept women?” It started with one game, and then another. Soon we had two national teams participating in international games. Don’t think about what anyone else is doing. Start by looking at your community and the needs that they have,” she said. “Then think about how you and your skills come into play.”
The quest for uplifting women started when movements for women's rights grew in strength and intensity in the past. There was a need to develop the roles of women in society and their participation in decision-making processes. Today, there are many organizations locally and internationally that support the development of women in various capacities.
After flying into the city of Bolin in the Republic of Chad, over the lush fields and receding lakes; Amina Mohammed, the United Nations’ Deputy Secretary-General landed to a rapturous welcome from traditional rulers and local women. Their faces reflected a hope and dignity slipping away under the harsh reality of poverty and insecurity. The women, smiling at them as they disembarked, showed the same resilience she had seen in women in countless contexts: an ability to survive, even in the face of multiple forms of violence and insecurity at home, in public or from political conflict.
Bogolo Kenewendo describes herself as having been “an ordinary Botswana child with an ordinary upbringing.”Ms. Kenewendo, poised and focused beyond her years, is being modest. At 32 she is Botswana’s youngest minister, in charge of investment, trade and industry. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in economics, specializing in macroeconomic policy, public debt management, export development and other trade-related fields.
40 years ago in 1979, the right of women and girls to participate in sports was affirmed. A balanced world is envisioned as a better world, for women, men, children, and youth. Balance being where and when opposing forces combine. It is truly an instinctive picture of collaboration. To come together with every intention to bring balance to the way we approach women and youth empowerment means to accept that there have been mistakes and to embrace future challenges as synergies and possibilities. In the sport for development and peace sector, groundbreaking initiatives have been set in motion to empower women and girls, with recent ones such as the 'One Win Leads to Another' project by UN Women.
