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Systems Change Needed: Closing the Gap Between Local Action and National Policy
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Inclusive governance is not optional. It is essential to climate resilience and biodiversity protection.
Scroll through to discover advocacy-focused solutions.
Institutionalize Women’s Representation
Reserve leadership seats for women in park authorities, forest councils, locally managed marine areas (LMMAs), marine protected areas (MPAs), Territories and areas conserved by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLC), and land governance bodies.
Tanzania
Enforce and monitor gender quotas in decentralized governance bodies such as Beach Management Units and marine co-management committees.
Strengthen Capabilities for Policy Engagement
Senegal
Literacy and financial education.
Chad, Senegal, Morocco, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania
Gender-transformative leadership and advocacy training.
Guinea
Climate justice and environmental rights programming.
Tanzania
Mentorship and advocacy support for women leaders in marine governance.
Create Formal Channels for Local Knowledge to Reach Policymakers
Integrate FFS evidence, NbS cost-benefit analyses, and traditional practices into national adaptation and biodiversity strategies.
Use radio and storytelling (Farm Radio, Natur’ELLES) to elevate community voices.
Tanzania
Scale successful models like Pangani Magharibi BMU through national and regional LMMA and coastal governance frameworks.
Reduce Care Burdens & Address GBV
Chad
Childcare services through cooperatives.
Senegal, Morocco, Chad, Guinea
Positive masculinities programs.
Safety and gender-based violence mitigation tied to environmental work.
Fund solutions to alleviate the burden of reproductive tasks.
Make NbS Gender-Responsive in National Policy
SUNCASA’s training model as an example for widespread adoption by governments.
