Around the world, diverse peoples’ movements have been working to organize for environmental justice in the face of our present climate emergency; often it is women who lead these movements.
. The Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice will address this, as well as topics such as feminist climate policy, food sovereignty, regenerative energy, fossil fuel resistance campaigns, feminist care economics, challenging corporate power and more through discussions of visions, projects, strategies and frameworks.Kari Ames will speak as part of the panel “Women for Forests: Protecting Forests, Climate and Communities” on September 25.
“The situation in Brazil is now very serious, especially for women. Domestic violence against Indigenous women has increased a lot, recently two girls were brutally raped and murdered. We have a president who believes that women are objects and that our voices and Indigenous rights should not be heard and respected. However, for years we have remained strong; because the most important thing now is to fight for the Amazon and for Mother Earth.
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