@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialYouth and Urbanism is a not-for-profit incorporated in 2022, working in Mathare, Kenya's second largest informal settlement. Our oldest team members are 27. We document the climate-care burden because we live where it lands. #ClimateAndCare4Her #YouthAndUrbanism
@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialFundación Avina's Climate and Care Initiative says care and climate have been overlooked together in policy, programmes and research. In Sub-Saharan Africa women do 80 per cent of household unpaid care hours. We work that gap from Mathare. #ClimateAndCare4Her #YouthAndUrbanism
@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialWomen documented by Mathare Social Justice Centre in April and May 2024 described nights without sleep and a fear that outlasted the flood by months. The feeding and the nursing carried on anyway. Recovery plans should pay for that. #ClimateAndCare4Her #YouthAndUrbanism
Did you know a 2025 study found a third of women surveyed in Mathare and Kibera had mild depression, and a fifth had moderate depression.
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@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialDid you know a 2025 study found a third of women surveyed in Mathare and Kibera had mild depression, and a fifth had moderate depression.
Read it all on WhatsApp, tap and press send:
https://wa.me/254732218005?text=Care
@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialZero Kenyan laws use the words care work, unpaid care or care economy. Not the Climate Change Act 2016, not the Employment Act. We drafted the proposed Care Economy and Climate Resilience Act 2026 because a country cannot budget for what it never names. #ClimateAndCare4Her #YouthAndUrbanism
@youth-and-urbanism.bsky.socialClimate shocks raise depression, anxiety and stress among caregivers in urban informal settlements, and the unpaid care work still gets delivered daily. A caregiver's mental health is household infrastructure. Kenya's adaptation budgets do not treat it that way. #ClimateAndCare4Her #YouthAndUrbanism
