“Africa’s young women are rewriting the story of climate resilience and justice. Discover their policy demands in TaLI’s landmark Beijing+30 Position Paper.”
As the world revisits the promises of the Beijing Platform for Action thirty years on, African girls and young women are charting a new vision — one that links gender equality with climate justice and resilience in times of crisis.
The latest Position Paper by Tag a Life International (TaLI), through its AGYW Africa Platform, amplifies voices from across eight countries — Malawi, Mali, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and South Africa. It examines how humanitarian emergencies, conflict, and climate change continue to erode women’s rights, and how policy responses can no longer ignore the gendered dimension of these crises.
The paper reveals that women make up 80 percent of those displaced by climate disasters across Africa. Many are farmers, caregivers, and community leaders facing daily struggles for food, water, and safety. Yet, they remain largely absent from the spaces where decisions about their futures are made.
TaLI and its partners call for bold structural reforms: stronger gender budgeting, youth-led climate funds, and institutionalised participation of adolescent girls and young women in environmental and humanitarian policy. Their proposals urge the African Union, Regional Economic Communities, and national governments to transform commitments into action through inclusive, gender-responsive governance.
At its heart, the Position Paper is a message of leadership and renewal — reminding policymakers that real resilience in Africa begins with listening to those who live at the frontline of change.