On Day 3, midway through the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice we heard from grassroots and indigenous leaders from around the world, speaking truth to the power of intersectional movement building through story-telling. Later we learned how funding within the movement is changing, how it can continue to build, and lastly how the global community is taking on regenerative and just energy. We concluded the day with a powerful and hopeful keynote by Naomi Klein.
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From September 25-30, 2021, WECAN hosted the “Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and Nature,” a six-day, virtual, gender diverse public forum, which took place in parallel to the UN General Assembly. Please see the schedule for Day 3, September 27, 2021 below:
1:00 PM — OPENING COMMENTS & WELCOME
Opening Comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Assembly Convener, Executive Director, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA
1:10 PM — INTERSECTIONAL MOVEMENT BUILDING FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
Speakers include: Ruth Nyambura | Kenyan Activist, African Ecofeminist Collective, Kenya; Dalia Fernanda Márquez Añez | Founder, Juventud Unida en Acción (JUENA), Venezuela; Colette Pichon Battle, Esq. | Executive Director, Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, USA; Tetet Lauron | Advisor for the United Nations Programme, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, The Philippines
2:00 PM — GENDERED AND RACIAL IMPACTS OF THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA AND COMPLICIT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Speakers include: Rosanna Esparza | Community Organizer and Environmental and Public Health Researcher, Kern County California/USA; Tara Houska (Couchiching First Nation) | Founder, Giniw Collective, USA; Sharon Lavigne | Environmental activist and Founder and President of RISE St. James, USA; Dr. Adrienne Hollis PhD, JD | Principal and Founder, Hollis Environmental Consulting, USA
2:50 PM — NOURISHING SYSTEMIC CHANGE: FUNDING AT THE NEXUS OF GENDER AND CLIMATE
Speakers include: Melanie Allen | Co-Director, Hive Fund, USA; Alejandra Helbein | Women and Territory Program, Urgent Action Fund, International, Colombia; Sandile Ndelu | Interim Co-Manager, Communications & Advocacy Lead, FRIDA Fund, South Africa; Tamara Toles O’Laughlin | President and CEO, Environmental Grantmakers Association, USA; Justin Winters | Co-Founder & Executive Director, One Earth, USA; Moderation by Nina Simons, Co-Founder & Chief Relationship Strategist, Bioneers, USA
4:00 PM — REGENERATIVE AND JUST ENERGY FOR ALL
Speakers include: Dr. Aytakin Asgarova | Founder, Indigenius Global LLC, Azerbaijan; Olasimbo Sojinrin | Nigeria Country Director, Solar Sister, Nigeria; Suzanne Singer (Diné) | Director, Native Renewables, USA; Margaret Kwateng | National Green New Deal Organizer, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, USA
4:45 PM — KEYNOTE: NAOMI KLEIN
Keynote by Naomi Klein, Award-winning Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author, Canada
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During the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice 100+ grassroots indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline women and gender-diverse leaders, global advocates, and policy makers joined together in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social injustice, draw attention to root causes of multiple interlocking crises, and present the diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks and strategies with which to shape and build a health and equitable world. As part of the Assembly, WECAN delivered a Call to Action to governments and financial institutions, signed by over 120 organizations, representing millions of people worldwide. Learn more here: [ Ссылка ]
