Hello readers. Welcome to #Women4theClimate on CleanbuildVoices!

It’s another Wednesday and we’re excited for you to meet our Woman Crush of the day. She is none other than Hamira Kobusingye, a climate justice activist from Uganda.

With a passion and desire to see a world with climate justice and gender justice, Hamira is an ardent believer that the world cannot achieve climate justice without gender justice.

She also holds a strong belief that climate change affects women differently and as such, gender-focused actions and solutions to climate change should be at the core of climate approaches and strategies.

To Hamira, the impacts of climate change are far-reaching, impacting reproductive health. Little wonder she leverages every platform to drive her point.

After realizing that climate change affects women differently, Hamira devoted her time to making a tangible contribution towards a better tomorrow for women and girls on the frontline.

She raises awareness about climate change, climate action and stirs up conversations on social media to reach as many people as possible.

Hamira is a part of the Friday for Future MAPA (Most Affected People and Areas) which is a coalition of youth climate activists from the most affected areas (Global South). She is also part of the Rise up movement, which aims to amplify the voices of activists from Africa. Her work includes raising awareness of the danger of climate change, the causes, and the impacts.

Her recent activity has been tackling the fossil fuel soot pollution in Port Harcourt (a state where the life expectancy is reported to be just a little above 40 years as a result of the cumulative effect of pollution on health).

Port Harcourt is the capital of Rivers State in Nigeria and the soot crisis has been a major concern in the region because of the health implications it has on inhabitants and the ecosystem at large.

Watch this space as we’ll be back for another edition of our #Women4theClimate.