15/04/2026
Press Statement by the Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP)
NRWP Statement in Support of the Inaugural African Women’s Climate Justice Day
April 15, 2026 – Monrovia, Liberia
The Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP), a nonprofit organization advancing women’s rights, environmental justice, and climate resilience in Liberia, proudly joins African women’s movements, grassroots organizations, and allies across the continent to commemorate the inaugural African Women’s Climate Justice Day on April 15, 2026.
We stand in strong solidarity with the powerful call led by WoMin African Alliance and its partners under the theme: “Our Lands, Our Voices: African Women United for Reparations and Climate Justice!”—a call that reflects the collective demands emerging from the Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) process across Africa.
https://womin.africa/press-release-launch-of-inaugural-african-womens-climate-justice-day/
This historic Day of Action comes at a critical time, as climate change continues to disproportionately affect African women, particularly those in rural, coastal, and resource-dependent communities. These realities were further underscored during the African Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) Steering Committee Meeting in Monrovia in February 2026.
Across Liberia and the wider region, women are experiencing the harsh impacts of environmental degradation, land dispossession, food insecurity, and the growing burden of sustaining livelihoods amid the climate crisis.
NRWP reaffirms its unwavering commitment to amplifying the voices of grassroots women on the frontlines of climate impacts. We recognize that these women are not only victims of climate injustice but also powerful agents of change, knowledge holders, and leaders in community-based solutions, as highlighted by WCA country experiences across Africa.
Recent evidence from Liberia highlights these urgent realities: coastal erosion in Buchanan, rising pollution—particularly plastic and waste contamination—in major coastal cities, and the growing challenges for women farmers from unpredictable rainfall, prolonged dry seasons, and declining soil fertility. These impacts underscore the urgent need for climate justice grounded in lived community experiences, not in abstract policy discussions.
We strongly support the demands raised by the Women’s Climate Assembly, particularly the call for:
• Climate justice and reparations for African communities affected by historical and ongoing environmental exploitation;
• An end to destructive extractive practices that undermine ecosystems and displace communities;
• Recognition of women’s rights, leadership, and Indigenous knowledge systems in climate solutions;
• Accountability from governments and corporations contributing to climate harm;
• The rejection of false climate solutions that reproduce inequality and undermine community sovereignty.
As an organization deeply committed to advancing the rights and voices of underrepresented women in Liberia, NRWP views this day as an essential political platform for strengthening collective advocacy, expanding community awareness, and mobilizing action toward a just and sustainable future.
We commend the growing movement of African women rising in unity to demand systemic and transformative change. Their call for reparations is not only for compensation; it is for dignity, justice, and the restoration of lives, lands, and livelihoods.
NRWP calls on the Government of Liberia, regional bodies, development partners, and all stakeholders to urgently listen to and act on African women's demands. Climate justice must be inclusive, gender-responsive, and firmly rooted in the lived realities and leadership of grassroots women—not in top-down approaches that exclude them.
As we commemorate this milestone, we reaffirm our solidarity and pledge to continue working alongside grassroots women to protect our environment, defend our rights, and build resilient communities for present and future generations.
Signed:
The Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP)
Monrovia, Liberia
https://nrwomenplatform.org/press-statement-by-the-natural-resource-women-platform-nrwp/
