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Did you know that women and girls in poor, indigenous communities are most affected by Climate Change? Learn how Project Dandelion will mobilize billions of women to make #Climate our planet's #1 priority. Please vote for our SXSW panel: https://lnkd.in/eiv3W4Fd ▶Sara Omi, Coordinator/Spokesperson, Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica / Global Alliance of Territorial Communities ▶Hafsat Abiola-Costello: Co-Founder / President, Connected Women Leaders / Project Dandelion / Women in Africa ▶Ronda Carnegie: Co-Founder, Executive Director, Connected Women Leaders / Project Dandelion ▶Jenifer Willig: Co-Founder and CEO, WRTHY Globally, 7.1 billion people want governments to do more to fight this crisis. We need a climate movement stronger than the fossil fuel industry.

Women are crucial agents of change in climate action. 👩        CIF accelerates women's climate leadership, ensuring women are decision-makers, not just beneficiaries.      Learn more in our 2023 Annual Report ⤵ https://lnkd.in/edRDUeRY

Exciting news! We have launched the Feminist Coalition-Building Exercise (FCBE) on Gender, Climate Change, and Mobility on June 19, 2024! 🌍 Our kick-off call brought together feminists working on gender issues, climate change experts, and climate activists from across Africa. We discussed critical research findings from our UNDP study on the Intersection Between Gender, Climate Change & Mobility and discussed the FCBE's role which include: 📖 Sharing stories of women impacted by climate change and highlighting successful gender-transformative projects. 🌐 Building  a movement to ensure national and regional climate action plans are gender-responsive. 🗺️ Mapping existing feminist initiatives and Indigenous knowledge across Africa to strengthen regional learning and capacity-building 🚀 Developing national networks in focus countries to identify and scale up impactful initiatives Our focus includes developing sustainable funding strategies, expanding project impact, using storytelling to raise awareness and drive change, lobbying for gender-responsive policies, and fostering partnerships. The coalition aims to amplify grassroots voices, advocate for gender-responsive climate policies, and empower women's leadership in Africa's climate discussions. While Samuel Hall is initiating the coalition-building exercise, our role is to lay the foundation. The coalition, now named the Feminist Coalition on Climate Change, will be driven forward by its members and hopefully officially launch at COP29 later this year. Stay tuned for updates as we work towards climate and gender justice! Together, let's strengthen our commitment to these goals and drive meaningful, positive change.

Here's a blog post I wrote for CARL (Climate Action Resource Library) on the impact women leaders have had on climate action and the potential that all women have to take the lead in climate action:

I’ve been so fortunate to be part of UNICEF Aotearoa an organization that makes such an impact on kids all over the world. Most people don’t know that UNICEF have such profound, long term impact, they think it’s a kids charity that just responds to emergencies and unthinkable humanitarian crisis. And yes that’s a huge part of what we do but it’s the long game projects where you can see the scale of what is possible. Climate change is a topic that occupies a lot of space in the global consciousness right now. It’s the big demagogue that intersects with so many of the ills of the world in this moment. The overwhelming majority of humanitarian crises that UNICEF responds to every year, are made much worse because of it, whether it’s natural disasters, wars, or socio-political conflict. But the thing about climate change is that so much of the messaging has a doomsday narrative. The overwhelm and anxiety this causes has a paralysis effect which is the opposite of what’s needed… action. It’s also lacking in anything empowering or hopeful, which is not to discount the urgency of it but there’s a definite lack of how much amazing work has and is being done to address climate change. The news definitely thrives on doom. And so it was this that inspired this new content series, The Good News, which aims to flip the script on the climate change narrative from doom and anxiety to inspiration, action and most of all hope. With International Women’s Day being commemorated last week, this first blog post looks at the intersection of climate action and the empowerment of young girls and women. I loved putting this together but even more, I love how this is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is being done but also what is possible. https://lnkd.in/g-Rx-Zyf

WEA's virtual press briefing last week aimed at amplifying the crucial work of women climate leaders worldwide and underscored the importance of responsible media coverage that recognizes women’s expertise and agency in leading environmental action, addresses and reframes harmful and/or victimizing narratives, and safeguards their safety as media sources. Globally, it is recognized that women’s leadership is crucial for addressing the climate crisis. Yet, on average, only 27% of voices quoted online in climate changes news belong to women. #womenleaders #media #climatesolutions https://lnkd.in/gKd-3ws7

According to UNESCO, 158 million women and girls are pushed into poverty as a direct result of #ClimateChange - 16 million more than the total number of men and boys. Yet women are largely under-represented in climate decision-making. Only 15 out of 133 world leaders at #COP28 were women, similarly to previous years. Learn why #GenderEquality should be at the core of climate action: https://lnkd.in/eTVv5GX2 #WomenAndClimate

🗣 🌎 Get to know our Country Network Leads! Over the course of our efforts to influence climate policy and rally public support for our campaigns, we have learned that women are the cornerstone of initiatives that foster community and inclusive climate action. These women are not just stewards but anchors; they are redefining the intricate meaning of holistic—something so essential in the various streams towards a better climate. Understanding our influence as a global movement, and staying true to our commitment to the local women leaders advancing climate action, we have set up country networks in 7 countries. These networks will serve as hubs for women in all their diversity—as well as supporters of women in climate—to band together to advance climate action in these countries. We are even more excited to have a dedicated team of country network leads, all of whom are committed to the cause and bring a wealth of climate understanding and experience to the country networks they will be leading. Changing climate policies is not a day or month-long affair, but with sturdy networks, we have a strong chance at fast-tracking these processes. Katie Weintraub | Chetana Naskar (PhD) | Wangui Mwangi | Alice Durand-Réville | Shristi Adhikari | Marie Vanolli | Tafadzwa malaika Kurotwi #SHEChangesClimateEvolution

The next meeting of the AWE Women in Emergencies for Climate Action is coming up NEXT WEEK, if you are interested in attending find out more here https://lnkd.in/gjTrSukZ #women #womeninemergencies #emergencymanagement

The next meeting of the AWE Women in Emergencies for Climate Action is coming up NEXT WEEK, if you are interested in attending find out more here https://lnkd.in/g4NHnbDE #women #womeninemergencies #emergencymanagement