[ [link removed] ][IMG]










International Women's Day, Women's History Month, Mother's Day (in the
UK). The month of March is all about women, so we're dedicating this
edition to women everywhere! 

But first, we need to talk about climate change. Last month, we asked you
to tell us if you're seeing the impacts of climate change where you live
and how your community is adapting. 

Over 1200 of you responded and 85% said you are experiencing the impacts
of climate change. Eight percent weren't sure and only seven percent said
they don't see any impact.

Many ONE supporters described the severe conditions they're facing today
including droughts, extreme heat, poor crop harvests, and flooding —
particularly in countries like Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Kenya, Nigeria,
Ethiopia, Botswana and others. 

Unfortunately, across the globe supporters reported an almost entirely
absent response from their governments. While some of you told us about
local measures to conserve water, plant trees, and adopt more sustainable
farming methods, the steps communities are able to take to adapt to the
changing climate are small-scale and woefully underfunded. A far cry from
the global transformation the biggest crisis of our time calls for.

A supporter from Kenya said, "The communities suffer a lot and it is hard
to adapt where more than 5 million people are facing starvation due to
drought which has affected many parts of Kenya."
💡 Solutions journalism story of the month

[ [link removed] ]Mitigating internal displacement, one skilled woman at a time

🤔 Poll: How is climate change impacting your life today?

[ [link removed] ]Share your experience

Is climate change affecting your health? Your community? Your livelihood?
Does your community have the tools it needs to respond? Tell us how
climate change is affecting your life and we'll use it in our global
campaign calling for climate-vulnerable countries to have the tools they
need to respond to the climate crisis.

Your activism quick hits

💥 ONE Minute On: [ [link removed] ]Why the fight for gender equality isn’t over.

🐘 Meet [ [link removed] ]Kenya's Wildlife Warriors in the very first African-made
wildlife documentary series. Dr. Paula Kahumbu, CEO of conservation
non-profit Wildlife Direct is leading the fight to save Africa's
wildlife. 

🎨 How a [ [link removed] ]Nigerian artist is using art to help fight cancer

🔬 From breakthroughs in DNA to the creation of Monopoly. Here are [ [link removed] ]10
female inventors you should definitely know about.

Your activism journey

💰 Do you know a young person aspiring to build a career in development
policy? The [ [link removed] ]Samantha Singh Memorial Award offers young people the
chance to win $1000 and a career advice session with a senior ONE staff
member.

🌍 Dubbed a [ [link removed] ]survival guide for humanity, here's what you need to know
about the new IPCC report on the climate crisis.

👶 Access to affordable childcare holds millions of women back from
returning to work. Campaigners reflect on the [ [link removed] ]new changes to childcare
announced in the UK.   

📣 ONE U.S. activist Cynthia gives [ [link removed] ]4 tips on how to increase your
advocacy impact. (And read more about her activism journey below!)

People changing the world: Cynthia Changyit Levin

[1]Cynthia Changyit Levin

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

My name is Cynthia Changyit Levin. I live in St. Louis, Missouri in the
United States. I’m the mom of two teenagers who have been active with me
in my advocacy since both of them were pre-schoolers.

What inspired you to become an activist?

Most of my activism centers on global maternal and child health, which
covers nutrition, immunizations, education and more.

Motherhood was the beginning of my activism. When my first child was born,
I thought deeply about what it means for moms living in poverty around the
world to not have the resources to care for their little ones. 

I’m so glad I had friends to show me how I could be involved in fighting
poverty even while I was raising babies. They showed me I could write
letters to Congress even in the middle of the night when a baby woke me
for a diaper change! Having a productive outlet for all my midnight
worries was very empowering. And now I coach other activists.

You recently wrote a book about your activism called, [ [link removed] ]From Changing
Diapers to Changing the World: Why Moms Make Great Advocates and How to
Get Started. What inspired you to write this book? 

When I ended my engineering career to become a stay-at-home mother, I
found many other new moms struggling with power and self-identity issues.
I want moms to see that motherhood is a powerful aspect of our lives.
Becoming a mom-advocate can reveal pathways to new skills, new ideas, and
a new purpose during a time of natural transition.

I write especially for moms because we are a demographic often held back
by misogyny or the demands on the energy we spend caretaking. But when we
work together, we can be a powerful force pointing out common sense
solutions and voicing the moral argument for humans to be good, decent,
and kind. 

My goal is to empower moms to move from thinking, "I can’t change the
world. I’m just a mom” to, “I can change the world because I’m a mom!"

What’s the best thing about writing a book? Did writing the book have an
impact on your activism?

I loved sharing stories of incredible activists with diverse backgrounds
who inspire me. The book highlights the work of moms from different
locations, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, and issue expertise. I hope
every mother can pick up my book and find someone they identify with in
it. 

The book definitely impacts my activism because it opens doors for me to
talk about advocacy to groups I couldn’t access before. It lends
excitement and credibility to the same activities that ONE activists do
every day, so people who are not activists are more open to hearing about
it.

What was the hardest or least enjoyable part of publishing a book? How did
you persevere?

I relate the hardest part of publishing a book to the hardest part of
being an activist. It’s difficult for me to put myself forward and promote
my book, just like it was hard at first to ask my senators for $2 billion
dollars for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. 

There’s an inner critic inside many of us that says, “who am I to ask for
such things?” But the way to persevere in both situations is to remind
myself of the higher reason behind the requests. I ask for Global Fund
assistance to grant relief and support to people suffering from diseases
of poverty. In a similar way, I wrote the book to inspire more advocates
to help people in poverty or people suffering from other injustices.


Did you like today's email?

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Loved it

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Mehhh

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Hated it
Did you like today's email?

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Loved it

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Mehhh

[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

[ [link removed] ]Hated it
[ [link removed] ]Share
Aftershocks


[ [link removed] ]facebook [ [link removed] ]twitter


[ [link removed] ]DATA.ONE.ORG/aftershocks
Did someone forward you this email?

[ [link removed] ]Subscribe now


[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]
[ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG] [ [link removed] ][IMG]

Where
you live shouldn’t determine whether you live.

[ [link removed] ]ONE.ORG
This
email was sent by [ [link removed] ]ONE.ORG to [email protected].
Add [email protected] to your address book to ensure
our emails reach your inbox.



You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]


[ [link removed] ]ONE Campaign
[ [link removed] ] Endeavour
House, 189 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR

[ [link removed] ]Copyright © 2023 The ONE
Campaign, All rights reserved.
[ [link removed] ] Privacy policy.