Rural Women Assembly Zimbabwe through Women and Land in Zimbabwe (WLZ) took a bold and transformative message to the global stage at the 2026 Women Deliver Conference in Melbourne, where…
In Ntchisi, members of RWA have been working with women to help them prepare for climate change in practical ways. With weather becoming harder to predict and farming no longer…
Last week, the Lubombo and Hhohho regions in Eswatini were struck by yet another devastating hailstorm, leaving widespread destruction and deepening the vulnerability of already struggling communities. In a matter…
Context In January 2026, the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA), initiated an evidence-based field assessment to determine the scale and impact of flooding on women farmers in Limpopo Province. The assessment…
Listen to Alice share in her own words “Good afternoon sisters. In Malawi we are experiencing cyclones and extreme weather that are increasing climate-related disasters. Our communities are facing floods,…
“In the case of Zimbabwe, we share borders with Mozambique and we were also affected by the cyclones. The 2025–2026 agricultural season started with heavy rainfall in some provinces, and…
Listen to Carla narrate the crisis in her own words Story 1 - Carla English Version My name is Carla Virgílio Coan, a young rural woman from Mozambique. I live…
As the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) we speak with urgency grounded not only in statistics, but in lived realities. Across Southern Africa, the climate crisis is not an abstract future…
The global food system contributes nearly 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Lancet Commission report to the UN. This same system not only accelerates climate change but also…
Rural women in Malawi have the potential to play an active role in responding to climate change through community awareness, agroecological practices, and tree restoration initiatives as they are central…