CLIMATE JUSTICE IS HEALTH JUSTICE. GENDER JUSTICE. ECONOMIC JUSTICE.
ACHCGA is an African women-led organization connecting climate justice, resilient health systems, gender equality, SRHR and climate finance to advance locally led solutions and influence the policies and resources shaping Africa’s climate future
ONE CRISIS. MANY CONSEQUENCES.
ACHCGA connects climate justice, health, gender justice and climate finance to ensure that women, young people and frontline communities have the evidence, agency and resources to shape decisions affecting their lives and futures.
WE MUST ACT NOW
The climate crisis is already here. The decisions we make today will shape the lives of generations to come.
Countdown to COP31
Countdown to 2030
We must not wait for another crisis to act
WHAT MAKES ACHCGA DIFFERENT
We connect issues that are too often addressed separately
Climate change affects health. Health systems affect resilience. Climate shocks deepen gender inequality. Gender inequality shapes access to resources, services and decision-making. ACHCGA brings these dimensions together.
We are locally rooted and globally connected
Our work is grounded in African communities while connected to regional and global policy spaces, including climate, health, gender and development processes. We translate global commitments into locally relevant action and bring evidence and community voices into national, regional and global decision-making.
We put women and young people at the centre
Women and young people are not simply beneficiaries of our work. They are knowledge holders, advocates, organisers, innovators and decision-makers. We support their agency to influence policies, budgets, institutions and investments that affect their lives.
We turn evidence into influence
ACHCGA generates and uses community-based evidence to strengthen advocacy, inform policy and improve accountability. We seek to ensure that climate finance, public budgets and development investments respond to real community needs and advance equity.
OUR AREAS OF WORK
01
Climate Justice and Loss & Damage
We document and advocate for responses to climate impacts that recognise the rights, priorities and lived experiences of frontline communities.
02
Resilient Health and SRHR
We advance health systems that can withstand climate shocks while protecting access to essential sexual and reproductive health and rights services.
03
Gender Justice and Economic Governance
We promote gender-responsive policies, public budgets and accountability mechanisms that ensure resources reach women, girls and marginalised communities.
04
Youth and Community Leadership
We support young people and communities to generate solutions, participate in decision-making and lead locally grounded climate and social justice action.
05
Climate Finance and Policy Advocacy
We work to strengthen the connection between climate finance, public policy and community priorities so that climate resources produce equitable and locally meaningful outcomes.
VISION | MISSION | APPROACH
OUR VISION
An equitable and climate-secure Africa where women, young people and frontline communities have the power and resources to shape decisions affecting their lives, health and futures.
OUR MISSION
To secure women’s and young people’s agency within economic, environmental and legal systems by advancing climate justice, resilient health systems, gender equality and locally led solutions.
OUR APPROACH
We combine evidence, advocacy, research, community action, partnerships and policy engagement to move from commitments to implementation.
WHY PARTNER WITH ACHCGA
ACHCGA offers partners an opportunity to invest in an African, women-led institution working across the interconnected challenges of climate change, health, gender inequality and economic governance.
We welcome partnerships that provide flexible and long-term support for locally led solutions, evidence generation, movement building, policy influence, institutional strengthening and scaling of approaches that work.
“We believe that climate justice must be measured not only by emissions reduced, but by whether people can live healthy, dignified and secure lives in a changing climate.”