Africa: COP 21 - Grassroots Organizations Spotlight Women's Voices At UN Climate Conference

8 December 2015

Dozens of non-governmental organizations rallying outside the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris today voiced the importance of bringing more women to the forefront of discussions, both in terms of who is negotiating the new climate agreement and what will be written within its pages.

"Women will not give up on the planet," said Titi Akosa, a Nigerian lawyer and the Executive Director of the Centre for 21st Century Issues, who led much of the action at the rally and brought impressive energy, chanting "we're [going to] keep on moving forward, never turning back, never turning back."

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