In Kenya women are the first victims of environmental degradation, because they are the ones who walk for hours looking for water, who fetch firewood, who provide food for their families.
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It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem.
The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today.
Women's vulnerability around money is hardly exclusive to Africa. Throughout the world, women struggle with financial power. In the West, women's financial literacy is notably lower than men's. That lack of knowledge means that many women slide into poverty when they become widows.
If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
Women in Africa are really the pillar of the society, are the most productive segment of society, actually. They do agriculture.
Environmental concerns and feminism are locked together. Generally, women have closer connections to the organic nature of our lives.
We women in Somalia are trying to be leaders in our community.
Studies show that women are more likely than men to die in natural disasters. Women's voices must be heard.
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