Reflections from our engagement in the Sustainable Water and Waste Management Public Forum
In line with our work in the climate justice space, we have recently taken part in the Kenya Sustainable Water and Waste Management Public Forum where we shared perspectives around disability inclusion. The two-day event brought actors who had been engaged by the Strengthening Civil Society Engagement for a Just and Sustainable Urbanization (SCEJU) – a 3-year project working with, among others informal water and waste actors - co-funded by the European Union and implemented by the consortium of Civil Society Urban Development Platform, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Coming into this space was critical for us, given the project we are running on making the green transition inclusive of women with disabilities in Isiolo and Nairobi Counties. In Nairobi County for example, we see how issues of waste management are critical for our community of women with disabilities while in Isiolo County we see how issues of access to water are negati...