At the First Global Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the Forest Basins in Brazzaville, CLARIFI awarded $240,000—$30,000 each to eight grassroots women-led initiatives across Africa.
Participant speaks into the microphone at the First Global Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities from the Forest Basins in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
Photo: REPALEAC and RRI, 2025
These initiatives are advancing soil regeneration, biodiversity restoration, land and tenure advocacy, and sustainable livelihoods. UNIPROBA is expanding land access and training programs for Batwa women in Burundi. Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development (IPSD) is promoting entrepreneurship and cultural preservation among Mbororo communities in Cameroon. Action Communautaire des Femmes Autochtones (ACFAC) is strengthening agroecology and microcredit support for forest women in the Republic of the Congo.
CLARIFI also directly funded four WiGSA organizations and indirectly supported seven others through its regional programs and community-led mechanisms in the Tropical Andes and Congo Basin. RRI’s Gender Justice program and CLARIFI envision expanding future support to more grassroots women’s organizations and have created a pipeline of WiGSA projects for consideration in future funding cycles, enabling greater direct access to funding for Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community women.
Together, these initiatives are demonstrating the transformative role of women in advancing rights-based, climate-resilient development across their communities.
