Bonus. Hali Hewa: Gender and the Climate Crisis with Sofanit Mesfin
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to the fifth episode of the Hali Hewa Podcast.
‘Hali Hewa’ is a Swahili term for ‘climate ' and this podcast series is hosted and produced by Kenyan climate activist, Abigael Kima.
In the lead up to the COP27 international climate negotiations, which are now just a month away, Abigael interviews African climate change experts and activists on the issues that matter most to them. Guests sign off each episode by sharing what they feel the COP27 conference must deliver on.
Our guest today is Sofanit Mesfin. Sofanit is a gender specialist working as the Regional Gender and Social Inclusion Coordinator at Ripple Effect, formerly known as ‘Send A Cow’. Ripple Effect works with smallholder farmers to equip them with knowledge and skills enabling them to improve their livelihoods and thrive. Farmers working alongside Ripple Effect learn more, grow more and sell more. They can feed their families nutritious food, and by having a surplus to sell can invest in their farms, send their children to school and build sustainable agri-businesses.
In this episode, Sofanit takes us through her journey working with women farmers in different African countries to deliver training programs that help them adapt to a changing climate. She explains how and why women and children are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, and what Ripple Effect is doing to ease the burden on women, children and their households. Sofanit also explains how other stakeholders can come on board to support this kind of work, ensuring that more and more communities get support to build resilience and secure a healthy future for themselves and their children.
Sofanit signs off the show by sharing what she wants the upcoming COP27 climate conference in Egypt to deliver in November.
Enjoy the show!
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[Note: I recently had the privilege to visit women farmers in Busia and Bungoma in the Western Region of Kenya. I learned a lot from them about methods to improve food production, and how these practices allowed them to better their lives and that of their families. Follow the Hali Hewa Podcast on social media to see these interviews]
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is Abigail Kima, host and producer of a climate podcast called Haley Heuer, |
| 0:06.9 | spotlighting African experts and activists. What you're about to listen to is Episode |
| 0:11.7 | 5, where we're speaking to Sofa Nidmesfin, who is a gender specialist at Tripoli Effect, |
| 0:17.6 | we dive deep into the issue of the gender and the climate crisis, |
| 0:22.4 | drawing from my experience with eating communities in the western part of Kenya, who are |
| 0:26.7 | women farmers and are doing a lot to ensure that they actually adapt to the impacts of climate |
| 0:32.0 | change. Enjoy this episode. |
| 0:50.2 | Welcome to the fifth episode of the Haley Heuer podcast with your host Abigail Kima. |
| 0:55.0 | This podcast brings together key African plans in the climate space to simply share |
| 0:59.5 | their stories and their experiences as they advocate for climate justice in their unique capacities. |
| 1:05.8 | Before I introduce our guest today, kindly support us by subscribing, |
| 1:10.4 | liking and sharing our content with your family and friends and your colleagues |
| 1:14.6 | and for the audio, version of the podcast find us on Spotify, |
| 1:19.0 | Anka and Apple Podcast and for the videos you can find us on YouTube and for regular updates |
| 1:24.9 | on social media you can find us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Haley Heuer podcasts on |
| 1:30.8 | all social media platforms. Today on set we have an amazing guest by the name Sofa Nidmesfin |
| 1:37.3 | from Ethiopia. Join us and let us learn more about what she does. |
| 1:58.1 | She is the gender specialist working at the regional, gender and social inclusion coordinator |
| 2:03.0 | at Ripole Effect, formerly known as Center Cow. Ripole Effect works with small holder farmers |
| 2:08.5 | to equip them with knowledge and skills enabling them to improve their livelihoods and to thrive. |
| 2:14.4 | Farmers working alongside Ripole Effect learn more, grow more and sell more. They can fit their |
| 2:20.2 | family's nutritious food and by having us up to sell can invest in their farms, send their |
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