{"id":47280,"date":"2022-10-04T17:15:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=47280"},"modified":"2022-10-31T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T12:11:58","slug":"hali-hewa-episode-4-female-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2022\/10\/04\/hali-hewa-episode-4-female-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hali Hewa episode 5: Female farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the fifth episode of the Hali Hewa <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/1QdWJCSdVPjhMemkSRjmu0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a>, Abigael Kima interviews Sofanit Mesfin about her work helping female farmers in different African countries adapt to a changing climate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/1QdWJCSdVPjhMemkSRjmu0?utm_source=generator&amp;t=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sofanit is a gender specialist working as the regional gender and social inclusion coordinator at Ripple Effect, formerly known as \u2018Send A Cow\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Ripple Effect works with smallholder farmers to equip them with knowledge and skills enabling them to improve their livelihoods and thrive.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>She explains how and why women and children are\u00a0 disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, and what Ripple Effect is doing to ease the burden on women, children and their households.<\/p>\n<p>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<br \/>\nsecure a healthy future for themselves and their children.<\/p>\n<p>Sofanit signs off the show by sharing what she wants the upcoming COP27 climate conference in Egypt to deliver in November. Enjoy the show!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Ripple Effect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/rippleeffectngo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sendacow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/sendacow\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a> and on their <a href=\"https:\/\/rippleeffect.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-content\">\n<p><em>Find all episodes of the Hali Hewa podcast\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/tag\/hali-hewa\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sofanit Mesfin talks about her work helping female farmers in different African countries adapt to a changing 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