Zakeyu is training other girls to be a part of CAMFED's Agriculture Guides program. Tawonga Zakeyu (foreground, left) demonstrates pit planting - which can prevent water runoff and erosion - for young women on a farm in Thekerani, Malawi. But by expanding access to swimming, the country "has really managed to turn the dial on how many women die in the floods." ( In June, the country launched a massive new effort to offer swimming lessons to children 6-10). Ruth Naylor, at the Education Development Trust, says that to take one striking example, in Bangladesh, girls weren't traditionally taught to swim.
Still, Drawdown, a nonprofit which focuses on solutions to the climate crisis, calculates that investment in voluntary – key word – family planning programs, together with universal high-quality education, could reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases by 68.90 gigatons between 20.Įducation also helps women and their families survive climate disasters, which are becoming more frequent and more severe. These organizations are clear that, first, rich countries are far more responsible for carbon emissions, and second, that coercive reproductive policies have no place in a climate agenda that respects human rights. The nexus between fertility and climate can be a tricky issue to talk about ethically. As a result, UNICEF calculated that over the next ten years, up to 10 million more girls are at the risk of becoming child brides. And girls were pushed to take on caregiving responsibilities and paid work. Low-income countries suffered economically and on average took much longer to reopen schools. Lockdowns shuttered schools around the world. Unfortunately, the COVID pandemic was a major setback for girls' education in particular.
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