Bridging the Climate-Gender-Health Nexus:

Working to create positive social impact in India where each individual can realize their full potential

Location: Registered 501(c)(3) in the U.S. and registered NGO in India

About: The American India Foundation (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged—with a special focus on women, children, and youth—through high impact interventions in education, livelihoods, and public health.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: AIF is currently tackling the heat wave crisis and embedding climate resilience within India’s public health system, with a specific focus on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH). They are building on their MANSI project by conducting research to better understand needs and policy gaps; co-designing innovative community led-interventions that mitigate heat stress with local governments; advising on health systems strengthening and policy integration; and supporting capacity building of healthcare providers and digital early warning systems.

Empowering Tanzanians for climate action and health justice.

Location: Registered NGO in Tanzania

About: Climate Action Network Tanzania is a leading think-and-do tank based in Tanzania. For over a decade, CAN TZ has been strategically engaging in influencing the government to develop relevant climate policy frameworks and implement on-the-ground interventions important for a climate-resilient society. CAN TZ is at the forefront of advocacy efforts to integrate gender and sexual and reproductive health into the national climate policy landscape which includes the Health National Adaptation Plan, National Adaptation Plan, and Nationally Determined Contributions.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: CAN TZ’s work has strengthened advocacy efforts to ensure integration of gender and SRHR in the national climate policy frameworks including:

• A qualitative study on the impacts of climate change on maternal, reproductive, and child health in Kilwa District, Tanzania.
• Two policy briefs on mainstreaming Gender and SRH into climate policies:
  • Climate Crisis and SRHR: Mainstreaming Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights into National Adaptation Plan
  • Advancing Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights In The Health Sector National Adaptation Plan (HNAP)

Promoting women's leadership in the fields of medicine and other sciences.

Location: Registered NGO in Niger

About: GEMS is committed to building a society where women are recognized as leaders in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) while inspiring young girls to engage in these disciplines and explore their potential. In response to witnessing severe disruptions to already limited reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCAH) services due to climate disasters, their work has expanded to advocating for inclusion of RMNCAH in natural disaster management plans and policies in Niger.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: GEMS conducted awareness-raising and capacity-building on SRHR and menstrual hygiene management through a project focused on municipalities experiencing natural disasters. These local efforts have allowed GEMS to create a network of key partners including national networks, government leaders, and religious leaders who will be critical to their regional advocacy and climate-SRHR efforts moving forward.

Promoting social innovation through participation and community building

Location: Registered NGO in Nepal

About: ICA is a leading NGO for human development and ICA Nepal specifically works to enhance individual and organizational capacity throughout the country through training, facilitation and developmental activities.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: In July 2025 ICA Nepal hosted a women's leadership and advocacy workshop which brought together women leaders, grassroots advocates, and policy practitioners to share lived experiences, co-develop strategies for resilience, and deepen feminist approaches to climate and health justice. From this workshop, ten women were chosen to receive a small grant and mentorship to develop advocacy plans for ensuring SRHR and women’s health is considered in local, regional, and national climate adaptation and resilience plans.

Working for an equitable and peaceful society without poverty and injustice where every person enjoys a life of dignity

Location: Registered NGO in Bangladesh

About: JAGO NARI, which translates to “Rise up, women!” was founded by Hosne Ara Hasi in 1998 as the first woman-led NGO in the Barguna district of Bangladesh. They are a women’s empowerment movement working to support the most vulnerable people groups, especially women and children, to eradicate poverty and injustice by providing a range of rights-based services. In 2025, JAGO NARI received the United Nation’s Office for Disaster Risk Reduction Sasakawa Award, recognizing them as one of the Top Five organizations globally for their exceptional contribution to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and resilience building. This prestigious acknowledgment reflects JAGO NARI’s commitment to empowering women, fostering locally led disaster preparedness, and advancing climate-resilient community initiatives in the coastal regions of Bangladesh.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: JAGO NARI has a long track record of DRR and emergency response with a gender equity focus.They are currently analyzing the SRHR challenges and coping mechanisms of women and adolescent girls in post-disaster contexts in specific areas of Bangladesh, with the aim of documenting experiences and insights that can inform gender-responsive, disaster-resilient SRHR strategies both nationally and globally. Previous projects include:

• Cyclone Anticipatory Action Planning and Response Trial in Barguna
• Awareness Raising on the Increased Risk for Pregnant and Disabled People During Natural Disasters
• Inclusive Community Disaster Risk Management

Mobilizing youth for Climate and health advocacy in Francophone Africa.

Location: Registered NGO in Niger

About: Established in 2009, JVE Niger is a youth-focused nonprofit advocating for climate adaptation and health policies in Niger and Francophone Africa.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: In December 2024, JVE published a Policy Brief, The Urgent Need to Integrate Family Planning into Climate Adaptation Policies and Programmes in Niger (English abstract here), advocating for the integration of family planning into Niger’s National Adaptation Plan. This initiative led to the government assigning gender focal points within ministries and committing to a gender-responsive climate change strategy.

Improving the health of women, children, and families in Sierra Leone.

Location: Registered 501(c)(3) in the U.S. and registered NGO in Sierra Leone

About: The Mama-Pikin Foundation is an organization whose mission is to improve the health of women, children, and families in Sierra Leone. They work with the Ministry of Health to support policy and research, training programs, and to strengthen quality of care in health facilities across districts. MPF also provides direct support to pregnant women, children, and families in communities and government health facilities.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: MPF, in partnership with Human Rights Watch, explores how heat, flooding, and other climate hazards affect maternal health in Sierra Leone. They are also in the process of developing an educational flip chart on climate and SRH to educate community members about the linkages, which will be published by mid-2025. 

MPF, in partnership with Human Rights Watch explores how heat, flooding, and other climate hazards affect maternal health in Sierra Leone. As part of this work, they have created an innovative Climate Literacy Tool that engages communities in learning about climate change, climate justice, and maternal and child health. Co-created with community members, including pregnant women and local health providers, the interactive tool is designed to spark meaningful discussions about climate resilience and preparation in Sierra Leone.

Alleviating poverty, improving health, and promoting environmentally sustainable development, particularly in underserved areas of the Philippines

Location: Registered NGO in the Philippines and registered 501(c)(3) in the U.S.

About: PFPI develops, implements, and evaluates innovative and integrated community development models that span the SRHR, broader primary health care, conservation, and climate change sectors and include sustainable livelihood enterprises, fisheries, and education. PFPI’s core competencies include capacity-building, policy advocacy, behavior change communication, social marketing, community outreach systems development, operations research, program monitoring, and evaluation.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: Since their establishment in 1992, their expertise in integrated population-health-environment (PHE) programming and policy work has been shared globally with policymakers, practitioners, and emerging leaders through policy dialogues, training workshops, and conferences. These integrated programs, which address multiple Sustainable Development Goals simultaneously, have informed the design of their ongoing work that addresses climate vulnerabilities, food insecurity, threats to marine and coastal ecosystem health, and reproductive health access in remote areas of the Philippines. PFPI has also served as the convener of the national PHE conference, which fosters learning across implementing partners and promotes effective practices for climate adaptation and resilience.

Working with partners to advance locally led solutions to climate and health resilience.

Location: Registered 501(c)(3) in the U.S with branch office registrations in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, the DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Tanzania, Ugande, the UAE; liaison and non-profit registration in India; and INGO registration in Pakistan

About: Pathfinder integrates climate initiatives with sexual and reproductive health, women’s economic empowerment, and health systems strengthening interventions—delivering crucial services to women and girls, while helping communities adapt to the climate crisis. Pathfinder’s programs support climate-resilient health systems, and engage women, young people, and entire communities in leading climate adaptation solutions and becoming the next generation of climate leaders and innovators.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight:

• Climate and Health At A Glance
• Pathways: Women Lead on Climate and Health
• Solutions Guide for Climate, Gender and Health

Strengthening community health systems in the face of climate change.

Location: Registered NGO in Kenya

About: Pathways Policy Institute works with advocates and communities in a participatory process to identify areas that can influence primary health, sexual and reproductive health, and environmental policies through research, training, and capacity strengthening. PPI aims to provide a safe space for advocates and communities to meaningfully influence public health and environmental policies through research, training, and capacity strengthening.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: PPI led a project in Laikipia County, Kenya, to link sexual and reproductive health advocacy with climate justice and resilience. The project worked to enhance health leadership and service delivery in climate-affected areas, resulting in an 11% increase in county funding for reproductive health/family planning and coverage under the Universal Health Coverage Scheme. Through its youth capacity strengthening efforts, PPI trained young advocates on integrating family planning and reproductive health into climate resiliency efforts leading to the integration of health and environment into county planning and budgeting. More details on their work can be found in their 2023 Annual Report.

Promoting the integration of population, health, environment, and development through innovative multi-sector mechanisms and inclusive, holistic actions to build resilient and thriving communities.

Location: Registered NGO in Ethiopia

About: The Population-Health-Environment Ethiopia Consortium is a member-based NGO working to integrate Population, Health, Environment and Development (PHED) across Ethiopia. As part of this work, the consortium and its partners advocate for climate and SRHR linkages and the need to incorporate SRHR into climate change adaptation plans. Their ongoing SRHR and Environment Integration project focuses on policy advocacy and building local climate resilience with the goal of replication in other areas.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight:

• In 2022, PHE-EC collaborated with the Margaret Pyke Trust on publishing Climate Change Engagement: A Guide for SRHR.
• At COP28, PHE-EC organized side events in the Ethiopia Pavilion related to climate, health, and the environment.

Advancing climate solutions with SRHR and family planning integration in Africa.

Location: Registered NGO in Uganda

About: Regenerate Africa promotes regenerative, multi-sectoral development approaches where human choices and economies thrive in harmony with nature for the health of people, the natural environment, and livelihoods. RA works in collaboration with communities, governments, NGOs, businesses, and research institutions. They are a champion of gender and SRHR in national, regional and global climate advocacy efforts like COP, The Bonn Climate Conference, and Africa Climate and Health related Conferences where they have made significant contributions to integrate SRHR and gender into climate strategies, frameworks, and processes. RA is also a part of the SRHR and Climate Justice Coalition.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight:

• Regenerate Africa has been instrumental in influencing the integration of health, SRHR, and gender considerations into Uganda’s national climate policy frameworks including the COP28 and COP29 country position papers, the Nationally Determined Contributions, and the Health National Adaptation Plan.
• They have made submissions to the UNFCCC on the inclusion of SRHR indicators into the Global Goal on Adaptation.
• Their study, Scaling Up SRHR/FP for Climate Adaptation and Resilience Uganda, and knowledge products like factsheets on climate-health and gender-climate, and their documentary, The Intersectional Lens of Gender, Health, SRHR, and Climate Change in Uganda, highlight the urgent need to integrate SRHR into climate policy, finance and action.

Empowering Communities for improved livelihoods, healthcare, and education for the 21st century.

Location: Registered 501(c)(3) in the US and registered NGO in Uganda

About: RCRA’s ongoing project, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Gatherings for Young Women Gardeners, aims to reduce unwanted pregnancies through the economic empowerment of young mothers with climate-smart vegetable gardening. In the Kasese context, vegetable gardening is the most reliable, low-cost, and socially acceptable livelihood for these young mothers, enabling them to earn their own income to cover basic needs and ultimately avoid transactional sex and unwanted pregnancies.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: As of March 2024, 3.5 years into the project, local women have established 550 home vegetable gardens and 46 community gardens, with the use of organic, climate-smart agricultural techniques. The program has also integrated a component of sexual and reproductive health education and services for 500 adolescent mothers.

Providing youth with opportunities on gender equality, economic empowerment and preserving the environment.

Location: Registered NGO in Ethiopia

About: TaYA is a non-profit, nonpartisan, youth-focused national NGO founded in 2003. They have integrated climate justice as a program pillar in Ethiopia’s 2023-2030 strategic plan. TaYA aims to raise awareness of the interconnection between climate change, gender, and sexual and reproductive health by advocating for regional and national climate adaptation strategies that integrate SRH.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: TaYA assists over 40,000 internally displaced people, due to climate change and conflict, residing in the town of Debrebirhan, Ethiopia. Among the displaced women and youth, TaYA has identified many SRH needs that they have turned into policy recommendations.

Enhancing the well-being of people in Uganda and beyond by promoting sustainable development, social justice, and interfaith cooperation.

Location: Registered NGO in Uganda

About: WUFBON is an interfaith umbrella organization, born out of the recognition of a need for collective action to address social, economic, and environmental challenges in the region.

Climate-SRHR Spotlight: WUFBON empowers young people in western Uganda with knowledge about the linkages between climate change, poverty, and SRHR through:

• An integrated climate change and comprehensive sexuality education curriculum reaching 33,000 participants.
• Advocacy efforts that influenced the local government to include SRHR and climate mitigation considerations into the nutrition action plan.
• A case study on WUFBON’s work is available on the ClimateXSRHR resource hub