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The Water Justice Fund -Voices for Water Justice Project

Project Goal

The Water Justice Fund is a climate adaptation fund which supports last mile women- and girls to realise locally-led and women-owned solutions to the water crisis and climate challenges.

Project Purpose

The Water Justice Fund and partners supports locally-led climate actions that protect water sources, strengthen Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), that lead to more equitable water access in contexts of (acute and anticipated) scarcity.

Project Objectives

1. To catalyze and advance localized gender just climate financing – increasing the flows of resources to the local level;
2.To strengthen household and community level climate resilience, including the promotion of Human Rights to Water and Sanitation (HRWS);  
3. To strengthen the durability of grassroot organizing and in particular the organizing of women and girls for greater voice, participation, influence and agency, networks, and movement building;   
4. To promote gender equality and transformation by seeking to actively identify and remove the discriminatory barriers that women and girls face in accessing resources and decision-making;   
5. To fill knowledge and evidence gaps of strategic stakeholders in order to influence policy and programming related to locally-led adaptation actions of rural women and girls.

About the Voices for Water Justice Project, Nakuru County

This project seeks to empower women’s groups in Nakuru to become influential actors in water governance through advocacy, campaigns, participatory research, and learning. It will create a movement for water justice rooted in grassroots knowledge, peer exchange, and policy engagement, targeting both local governance systems and broader public awareness.

Strategies and Actions

1. Capacity Strengthening: Deliver workshops on water rights, social accountability, and policy engagement to 10 women groups (approx. 500 women)

2. Community-Led Research: Facilitate participatory research documenting the lived experiences of women around water access, use, and injustice.

3. Campaigns & Advocacy: Launch women-led advocacy campaigns using local media, public forums, and storytelling tools to raise awareness and influence county decisions..

4. Stakeholder Engagement: Host quarterly forums with Nakuru County officials, water providers, and civil society to present evidence and negotiate solutions durig the project cycle

5. Peer Learning: Organize two regional exchanges between women leaders to share strategies, tools, and advocacy approaches.

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