Turkana Women Turn Prosopis-Infested Land into Irrigated Vegetable Farms

Oct 8, 2026 | Peter Gitonga
Kenya News Agency
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The triple planetary crisis – climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution – has very real and very unequal impacts on women, girls and gender-diverse people.

This year, 2026, is a pivotal opportunity to advance gender equality in the global environmental agenda. In August, October and November, three major Rio Convention Conferences of the Parties (COPs) will convene: COP17 on desertification in Mongolia, COP17 on biodiversity in Armenia, and COP31 on climate change in Türkiye.