Msafiri Magazine

LEADING THE WAY

At grassroots level across Africa, women are uniquely positioned to witness the pervasive environmental and conservation pressures caused by climate change, poaching and human encroachment. It is estimated that women constitute 70% of Africa's agricultural workforce and cultivate 90% of its food; they are usually the water carriers, seed sowers, land tillers and crop growers, encountering wildlife daily. Yet their voices are seldom heard. With the exception of a handful of well-known pioneers, including Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey and Wangari Maathai, conservation has hitherto been almost exclusively a male domain. That is slowly changing.

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