Empowering women for early warning
Across the CREWS Mali project scope, the inclusion and focus on women as integral players in reducing climate-related disaster risk is clear. CREWS is taking a multi-pronged approach. Whether it’s through strengthening hydro-met and civil protection skills and capacity to deliver timely and accurate forecasts and warnings on floods and other hazards training and engaging 350 women community leaders from 6 regions on early warning systems and preventing or managing hazard risk – or building communication networks to amplify their reach and that of others in the early warning value chain – women in rural and urban areas are being better equipped to protect themselves, their families, and assets. And whole populations too.