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Women for Green Economy Movement Uganda (WoGEM Uganda).WoGEM Uganda is dedicated at influencing and promoting women and girls'participation in a greener economy to promote social and economicdevelopment.Our CampaignBridging the gap between Women in Leadership andthe local women infighting for Climate Justice.BackgroundClimate change is a global issue and has greatly affected the local andmarginalized women and girlsIn Uganda, it is attributed to different factors such as deforestation, swampreclamation,development projects which include East Africa Crude OilPipeline (EACOP), construction of hydro dams and roads.These projects have caused injustices among the local and vulnerablewomen such as violation of human, environmental and land rights,compulsory land grabbing leading to food insecurities , limited access toclean water among others.There is less/no engagement between the government, developmentpartners and the vulnerable women during the planning of these projects yetthe women are the most affectedby the impacts of the projects that arecarried out in their ancestral land.ActionThis campaign will help to bridge the gap between the most affectedvulnerable women andwomen in leadership so that their voices andgrievances can be presented to the decision makers.How this Campaign will pilot or incorporate the use of the feministinfluencing basket?This campaign is envisioned at empowering vulnerable women withknowledge and skills to know their human, environmental and land rights sothat they can speak upwith confidence to claim what belongs to them henceattaining justice.What you will use the funds for?We will carryout a 3 day conference bringing together women in leadershipand the vulnerable women to share experiences and ideas on climate changeimpactsand come up with locally led solutions to the existing impacts.More so, we will build a Feminist Movement where the vulnerable women areable to share their climate change stories and struggles withwomen inleadership to build resilience while fighting for climate justice.Further more , we will carryout media campaigns and produce advocacymaterials to create public awareness about climate change and the injusticesfaced by vulnerable women thereby reducing onthe shrinking civic spacefaced by many feministgroups.Lastly, we will also train women and girls on green economic alternatives likeweaving to replace polythene bags and making of briquets to reducecharcoal burning there by protecting and preserving the environment fromclimate change impacts. More sothese projects will empower womenfinancially to reduce on gender based violence in families.

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The Tribes of Target district live in the primitive stage and far away from the mainstream of the development. Mostly , they live in the forests and are fully dependent on the forest products , herbs , wood etc for their livelihood. There are more 89 tribal blocks in MP which are under  PESA. forest villages that are home not only to tribal populations but also other traditional forest dwelling communities, Not only Adivasis, but also about 18% of other rural population is dependent upon forest resources for their livelihood. The minority status of Sahariya and other tribes as well as Dalits deprive them from getting their due land and common property rights. Most of them have no  land so  they loss their  identity and ownership of land they reside. Not only this leads to lack of identity but also creates food insecurity as there is no recognition by the Government as the residents of these  Focused  district. They are deprived of getting Jobs under MGNREGA, OPS benefits, AAY, PDS, Widow pension, Disable pension, Nutrition support to Saharia women @1000, Ladly laxmi yojana , INSIMP  which comes under the social security schemes. Socio economic status of these area  is very vulnerable. Their livelihood mainly depends on Forest and Agriculture  activity. As they belongs to remote area of the block they don’t have awareness and accessibility of deferent government services and Schemes. The lack of awareness on the Social Security Schemes by the right holders has ultimately made them vulnerable towards food insecurity and lack of livelihood options.  Unaware about the government schemes force them to live in poverty while there are number of government schemes that they can grow after the access. ·     The proposed project seeks to address the issue of land ownership among poor and Marginalized smallholder community  in proposed  Districts. Due to lack of  information/awareness on the claims process the  target group  are not fill application for IFR .. This project is proposing to influence marginalized  Community,  CSOs, local leaders in these  district to address the issues of land rights. a) capacitate women to be part of the decision making process b) linking vulnerable community with social welfare schemes c)to improve income generation d) strengthening of local self governance e) strengthening of natural resource base f) access and development of common property resource and g) exploring new livelihood options for the community are some of the proposed interventions of this project.