TODAY: How can African countries get more private investment in #climate resilience and green growth?

The #CSOForum23 , 18-19 October, will look at ways to encourage investments in #renewableenergy and sustainability.

🔗 bit.ly/48O0Ebk #KOAFEC #CSORegionalForum

With support from We Effect EastAfrica, Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development staff are currently attending training on Gender Transformation which entails:
✅Understanding the concept of gender sex and gender.
✅Understanding gender equality.
✅Understanding institutional gender transformation.

The difference between gender equality and gender equity.
#Gendertransformations

🌍🌱 How youth can make a difference in combating #climatechange ? Join our webinar on leveraging their voices in climate mitigation. In line with #IYD23 's theme of 'Green Skills for Youth: Towards a Sustainable World,' this event starts at 9:30 am. Scan to join! 📲 #YouthPower

Let’s equip young people with tangible and soft skills and also knowledge related to sustainability and environmental conservation.- @ChristineOgola

We currently sponsor 40 vulnerable girls for high school education on 100% scholarship and what came out was that the constant reason for them being out of school was COVID-19 and also climate change. -Leshan Kereto,HSC
#ClimateAction #IYD2023
UNFPA Kenya

We have to invest in these young people now. Not tomorrow, not the day after. We need to invest in these young people now. So, when you get to a high school or a primary school and you're able to start conservation on climate change with a young person, what is it? - Gloria

Join us for this crucial #TwitterSpaces dialogue on #YouthforClimateAction .
Empower youth with a seat at the table, tapping into their innovation and potential as change agents for a sustainable world. 🌿 #SustainableFuture
⏲️6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
🔗 shorturl.at/iISY5

1/2 Empowering communities in Mandera County! With the support of @govt_of_Japan and UNFPA Kenya, we kicked off a vital three-day training program focusing on tackling GBV and fostering Mental Health & Psychosocial Support.
#CommunitySupport #GBVPrevention #MHPSS

1/2 Uniting against GBV, FGM, and Child Marriage! With support from @UNFPAKenya, we led a capacity-building training on safe house guidelines at KSG Kabarnet in #BaringoCounty . #EndGBV #EndFGM #ChildMarriageAwareness
📸Carol Jebet

🌟 Good News Friday! Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) now have a ray of hope. In collaboration with Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development Kajiado County Referral Hospital GBVRC is stepping up to provide FREE medical services to SGBV survivors.
Full story: shorturl.at/rIM35

Empowering West Pokot County paralegals! 💪🏽💼With support from UNFPA Kenya and in partnership with Office of The Director Of Public Prosecutions, we conducted impactful training today.
Our aim? To equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to provide sound legal advice and effectively handle cases of #GBV

We're taking action from #ManderaCounty to #GarissaCounty , supported by the The Gov't of Japan & UNFPA Kenya.
Our focus: GBV and Mental Health & Psychosocial Support. Empowering community health practitioners with the tools to create change in their communities. #GBV #mentalhealthsupport

Thanks to the support of UNFPA Kenya, we continued with our mission in the County.
Through a recent capacity-building workshop, we strengthened the skills of 5 safe houses. These skills are crucial in creating fortified referral pathways to combat #GBV , #FGM , and #ChildMarriage .

Day 2 of our validation workshop unfolds, focusing on findings and advocacy outcomes derived from monitoring of E.A Coastal Corridor Development Road.

The workshop brings together PAPs, local administrators, GRC and non-state actors from Kilifi, Mombasa, and Kwale counties.

As we commemorate #MaputoAt20 this week in Nairobi, 40+ feminists, activists, advocates, movement leaders are convening this morning to review progress and gaps with regard to implementation of Maputo Protocol in Kenya 🇰🇪

'I took it upon myself to initiate the 1195 helpline to assist women, men, boys and girls who are survivors of GBV. Our joy is that the government saw and its importance and they adopted it,' says the Executive Director HAK GBV Hotline 1195, Fanis Lisiagali.

Unlawful use of force by police officers is a grave violation of human rights and undermines trust in law enforcement. Every citizen deserves safety and justice, and it is crucial to hold accountable those who abuse their power. #Maandamano #SabaSabaMarchForOurLives

Comrades are at Central Police Station seeking the release of 32 human rights defenders arrested yesterday during the #SabaSabaMarchForOurLives protests.

We urge you to join us to demand for the release of the arrested activists.

With support from UNFPA Kenya we are currently having a national debriefing session with 22 tele-counsellors from HAK GBV Hotline 1195 & Dan Shieshie Foundation this is in relation to addressing protection risks in four drought affected counties in Kenya.
#Usizame