Gender activists want increased action to meet climate change goals focusing on the specific needs of African women and girls.

African activists call for the specific vulnerabilities of women and girls on the continent to take centre stage at COP27.

At COP27, the UN Women and Gender Constituency is making sure the voices of women and girls are represented at the negotiations.

As COP27 opens in Egypt, we spoke to Kenyans experiencing the damages of an exceptional drought.

The African Feminist Taskforce, with the Women and Gender Constituency, have put forth a concrete set of demands for COP27.

Aside from facing political and social pressures, agro-pastoralist women and girls must now add an urgent one: climate change.

Methods of overcoming climate challenges can, and must, heal systemic gender injustices.

African women and girls make key climate demands in the face of the upcoming COP27.

"Women are more vulnerable to disasters than men due to the conditions that predispose them to severe disaster impacts."

India is especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and women will be even more susceptible to its effects.