A new campaign video from Oxfam International highlights how women around the world who are raising the alarm about climate change, organizing their communities in response, challenging others to recognize their wisdom, and pressuring local and national officials to follow their lead, reports an article on the website, Common Dreams.

Among the women is Arminda, a farmer and agroforestry advocate from Bolivia. “Let's move forward and work together for the benefit of everyone. And especially for those who work in the fields, as we are the ones who suffer the most," she says.

Women constitute 43 per cent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries and play a vital role in both food production and preparation. Yet “the imbalanced responsibility of them putting food on their own family tables, as well as producing much of the world’s sustenance, is getting tougher all the time because of increasingly unpredictable weather," says Alison Woodhead, director of Oxfam’s GROW Campaign.

It is because of women’s unique role within their families and communities that they are essential leaders in the global fight against climate change, says Woodhead.

Read the full story: Looking for Leaders on Climate? Follow the Women Farmers