Increasing women steering climate solutions, enhancing smallholders’ adaptive capacities
The Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship seeks to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number of African women leading climate change action and catalyze production of climate solutions that work for women smallholders.
Through this Fellowship, AWARD aims to contribute to equitable rural livelihoods by increasing the number of women leaders in climate change producing innovations that address the diverse needs of smallholders in the African agrifood systems.
The Fellowship will foster production and transfer of context-specific knowledge on climate adaptation technologies to different stakeholders including smallholders, extension workers and policymakers.
Objectives
- Strengthen the leadership, mentoring and negotiation skills of African women climate change professionals.
- Enhance the capabilities of African women and men climate change professionals to incorporate gender in their research and practice.
- Amplify the voices and increase visibility of African women climate change professionals in global and regional climate change dialogues.
This fellowship targets high-potential women climate professionals who will be competitively selected to participate as Climate Fellows. Upon their admission into the Fellowship, the Climate Fellows will be paired with seasoned experts working at the nexus between gender, climate change, and agrifood systems and the Climate Fellows will later select early career climate researchers.
