During the ongoing COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt yesterday, Zimbabwe launched the Climate Change Gender Action Plan.

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.

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.

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

Jane Meriwas calls for the leadership and solutions of Indigenous women to be centered in climate decision-making processes.