The program is being focused on safeguarding both rights and empowerment of women in the Júcaro community, a zone threatened by the rise in the average sea level and high intensity hydrometeorological events.

Project coordinator in Ciego de Avila, Alejandro González, pointed out that women make up the majority of working teams that will be providing training.

Plus, women have been trained to be provided with knowledge for their commitment in political, economic and social missions, so that they can prove their capacity in the decision-making process.

The idea is to sensitize women to collaborate in marine monitoring processes and in technical tasks to reestablish the hydrological flow in the wetlands of southern Ciego de Avila, said the specialist.

It also aims to stimulate the presence of women in productive work and break stereotypes by linking them to activities that are wrongly offered to men, reducing employment and income openings to get economic independence, he said.

Financed by the Cuban government and the Green Climate Fund, Mi Costa grapples with the main elements of the State Plan to Confront Climate Change (Tarea Vida), by contemplating actions that will improve water quality, health and human welfare.

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