Nicaragua is home to the Dry Corridor, one of Central America’s most climate-vulnerable regions where farming has become a gamble and women have historically been sidelined from technical roles and decision-making.

Until now.

The Climate Women is flipping that script entirely. Publicidad Comercial MullenLowe Nicaragua, EU Delegation in Nicaragua and FEM Fundación Entre Mujeres have built a legion of rural women farmers able to run their own climate alert system using low-tech weather stations, WhatsApp, and community radio. What makes it powerful is that women aren’t just receiving information, they’re generating it.

Women who were once excluded from technical spaces now collect hyper-local climate data, process it, and share precise forecasts with their communities. They’ve gone from being invisible in agricultural decision-making to being the experts their neighbours turn to. It’s equity through participation – women at the centre, not the margins.

Beyond agricultural gains, the project fundamentally changed gender dynamics. Women are now recognised as technical leaders and climate intelligence generators. They’re training others, making critical planting decisions, and reshaping what’s possible in their communities.

The results include 10 weather stations run by women, 3,000 families reached (15,000 people), a 30% production increase and 200+ women trained as climate data collectors.