Liberia: EPA Puts Gender at the Center of Climate Action, Orders Every Department to Deliver

MONROVIA, Nov. 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has turned the lens on itself, unveiling its first Gender Policy and a refreshed national Climate Change Gender Action Plan, and warning its own managers that the commitments must show up in everyday decisions rather than gather dust on shelves.

By Selma Lomax, [e-mail]

Executive Director Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo made the declaration on Tuesday at the Corina Hotel in Sinkor, where the two documents were launched under the theme "Advancing Gender Equality for Inclusive Climate Resilience in Liberia."

Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Gbeme Horace-Kollie joined government officials, development partners, and representatives of ...