{"id":1764,"date":"2026-02-02T06:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:47:16","slug":"finding-her-voice-defending-her-space-resty-mbwalis-journey-as-an-environmental-woman-human-rights-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/fr\/finding-her-voice-defending-her-space-resty-mbwalis-journey-as-an-environmental-woman-human-rights-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Trouver sa voix, d\u00e9fendre son espace\u00a0: le parcours de Resty Mbwali, d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains et militante \u00e9cologiste\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-1536x1232.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-2048x1642.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CE2_8424-2-650x521.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le parcours de Resty Mbwali en tant que d\u00e9fenseure des droits humains des femmes (DRHF) s&#039;appuie sur une exp\u00e9rience v\u00e9cue, du courage et un profond engagement en faveur de la justice pour les femmes et les communaut\u00e9s touch\u00e9es par les atteintes \u00e0 l&#039;environnement. Son travail en mati\u00e8re de droits humains a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 2019 lorsqu&#039;elle a rejoint l&#039;Universit\u00e9 Makerere, une p\u00e9riode qui a marqu\u00e9 le d\u00e9but d&#039;une progression constante et significative vers l&#039;activisme, le leadership et le plaidoyer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2021, Resty a franchi une \u00e9tape d\u00e9cisive de son parcours en participant \u00e0 une formation aupr\u00e8s de Girls for Climate Action, un mouvement f\u00e9ministe qui milite pour la justice climatique en Ouganda. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 son Programme de leadership climatique, Resty a d\u00e9couvert des approches de leadership f\u00e9ministes qui placent les femmes au c\u0153ur de la prise de d\u00e9cision, des solutions communautaires et de la gouvernance environnementale. Le programme mettait l&#039;accent sur la cr\u00e9ation d&#039;environnements o\u00f9 les femmes peuvent participer activement au leadership, influencer les politiques et concevoir des solutions locales aux d\u00e9fis qui affectent directement leur vie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour Resty, cette exp\u00e9rience a \u00e9t\u00e9 transformatrice. Elle s&#039;est activement impliqu\u00e9e dans des initiatives d&#039;autonomisation des filles, des dialogues communautaires et la mobilisation citoyenne, veillant \u00e0 ce que la voix des femmes soit entendue dans les instances d\u00e9cisionnelles environnementales. Elle constate souvent que la d\u00e9gradation de l&#039;environnement affecte diff\u00e9remment les femmes. De la pollution des sources d&#039;eau \u00e0 la d\u00e9forestation en passant par les mauvaises r\u00e9coltes, les femmes subissent quotidiennement les cons\u00e9quences du changement climatique\u00a0: elles vont chercher de l&#039;eau, ramassent du bois et s&#039;assurent que les familles puissent se nourrir. Ces r\u00e9alit\u00e9s ont renforc\u00e9 sa conviction que les femmes doivent avoir leur place, leur voix et une influence dans les discussions environnementales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ces exp\u00e9riences l&#039;ont incit\u00e9e \u00e0 concevoir puis \u00e0 fonder le Forum environnemental des femmes en Ouganda, une plateforme visant \u00e0 cr\u00e9er des espaces s\u00fbrs et constructifs o\u00f9 les femmes peuvent aborder les probl\u00e9matiques environnementales qui les concernent. Au-del\u00e0 de la justice climatique, le forum s&#039;attache \u00e0 r\u00e9pondre aux d\u00e9fis environnementaux plus larges auxquels les femmes sont confront\u00e9es, en s&#039;appuyant sur leurs r\u00e9alit\u00e9s v\u00e9cues et en proposant des solutions collectives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54-650x488.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.54.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2023, le travail de Resty a crois\u00e9 celui de CHARM par l&#039;interm\u00e9diaire de l&#039;un de ses partenaires, Civil Rights Defenders (CRD). Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9e pour participer \u00e0 une formation de formateurs sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 physique et psychosociale, organis\u00e9e dans les locaux de DefendDefenders \u00e0 Kampala. Recommand\u00e9e par le R\u00e9seau des femmes d\u00e9fenseures des droits humains, Resty a profit\u00e9 de cette occasion pour partager son exp\u00e9rience et perfectionner ses comp\u00e9tences \u00e0 un moment crucial de son engagement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c \u00c0 l&#039;\u00e9poque, je participais directement \u00e0 la collecte d&#039;\u00e9chantillons d&#039;eau provenant d&#039;usines pour analyse, \u00e0 la documentation des infractions environnementales et \u00e0 la r\u00e9daction d&#039;articles pour un journal local, un travail qui m&#039;exposait \u00e0 des risques personnels importants. Face \u00e0 l&#039;absence de r\u00e9ponse aux p\u00e9titions de la communaut\u00e9 et aux retards des autorit\u00e9s, le soutien de CRD est devenu crucial. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 des formations, des subventions d&#039;urgence et un soutien en mati\u00e8re de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, Girls for Climate Action et moi-m\u00eame avons pu poursuivre notre travail en toute s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u201d, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 Resty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019exp\u00e9rience de formation de formateurs a \u00e9galement permis \u00e0 Resty de d\u00e9couvrir un r\u00e9seau r\u00e9gional de d\u00e9fenseuses des droits humains issues de toute la Corne de l\u2019Afrique orientale, y compris du Soudan du Sud. En \u00e9coutant leurs r\u00e9cits partag\u00e9s de menaces et de r\u00e9silience, elle a constat\u00e9 que, malgr\u00e9 des contextes diff\u00e9rents, les d\u00e9fis auxquels sont confront\u00e9es les femmes d\u00e9fenseuses des droits humains sont profond\u00e9ment li\u00e9s. Cette solidarit\u00e9 a renforc\u00e9 sa confiance et a confort\u00e9 son r\u00f4le de facilitatrice et de leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"1767\" src=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53-650x433.jpeg 650w, https:\/\/charmafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-02-at-09.34.53.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aujourd&#039;hui, Resty est r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement invit\u00e9e \u00e0 animer des formations et \u00e0 prendre la parole sur les droits humains, la justice environnementale et le leadership f\u00e9minin. Au-del\u00e0 des comp\u00e9tences acquises, ce qui l&#039;a le plus marqu\u00e9e dans son parcours avec CHARM et CRD, c&#039;est l&#039;importance accord\u00e9e au bien-\u00eatre\u00a0: prendre soin de soi, pr\u00e9server sa sant\u00e9 mentale, renforcer sa confiance en soi et se reconstruire. 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