Gloria Mariga Natural Resource Management professional
, Kenya
Gloria Mariga is a female Natural Resource Management professional from Kenya. She is also a mentee with Engineers Board of Kenya and Mentoring future women graduates in STEM in Africa project by University of Plymouth and funded by Royal Engineering Academy UK.
Articles written by Gloria Mariga
Mentorship empowers African women to lead environmental stewardship
2485 8. March 2024
The pivotal role of women in climate action often remains unrecognized yet women play a vital role in tackling climate change.
I was born in Kenya’s Uasin Gishu County and home of Mau Forest complex which is one of the water towers of Kenya and raised in Kakamega County - home of the only tropical rain forest in Kenya and UNESCO heritage that has seen destruction affecting water supply in counties around it. Over the years I learnt to appreciate that while climate change affects everyone, it does not affect everyone equally. Vulnerability to climate change is exacerbated by inequity and marginalization linked to gender, ethnicity, low income, and other social and economic factors. When solutions to climate change address these realities, they are more effective.
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