{"id":69900,"date":"2024-10-01T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T08:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=69900"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:05:41","slug":"drought-safe-space-helps-queer-zimbabweans-tackle-climate-impacts-food-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/69900\/drought-safe-space-helps-queer-zimbabweans-tackle-climate-impacts-food-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Drought: Safe space helps queer Zimbabweans tackle climate impacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A woman pours a trickle of water into a bucket after drawing water at a village well in Mudzi. Zimbabwe is one of the countries in southern Africa whose food intake is being affected by a severe drought which experts say was worsened by the El Nino phenomenon.
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Can sweet potatoes take queer people out of climate change induced poverty and food insecurity? Well, that’s precisely what one grassroots organisation is trying to do in Mutare in eastern Zimbabwe. <\/p>\n\n

Mother\u2019s Haven<\/a> is a Zimbabwean network of queer mothers that advocates for the wellbeing of lesbian, bisexual and trans parents, and their children. In Zimbabwe, queer women and trans men experience disproportionate discrimination, stigma and abuse from their communities and intimate partners; their children are subsequently subjected to similar harassment.  <\/p>\n\n

The group hosts a variety of leadership, sensitisation and wellbeing workshops to tackle these; but as the climate crisis worsens, so does hostility toward LGBTQIA2S+ individuals<\/a> across the continent, many of whom are denied access to climate impact relief efforts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n

The worst drought in living memory is taking place in Mudzi, Zimbabwe.

It has destroyed 90% of the crops and put pressure on water supplies, leaving people with little food.

Millions of Zimbabweans are being forced to rely on handouts. pic.twitter.com\/oG5Jgn1U5p<\/a><\/p>— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) September 14, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>