Campaigns of GAGGA
The "We Women Are Water" campaign, launched in 2017, is a flagship campaign of GAGGA. The campaign looks at water as a metaphor for an element that flows through different thematic areas, acting as a connector and highlighting the interconnectedness of our struggles, solutions, and collective power. The campaign highlights gender just climate solutions and actions led by women, girls, non-binary, intersex, and trans people from the GAGGA network; from advancing just and sustainable energy practices at the community level, to sustainable, regenerative, and circular production systems such as agroecology, to holding international institutions, corporations, governments and investors involved in any harmful projects or policies to account. It calls for divestment of climate finance from false solutions and dangerous distractions and toward these gender just climate solutions that already exist and have evidenced to be crucial in mitigating climate change impact. Explore our campaigns to see how GAGGA partners innovate and collaborate to challenge systemic injustices. Discover our previous campaign materials and witness the transformative power of collective action.
Dumagat women use non-timber forest products to mitigate and adapt to climate change
Long story short: The governments of China and the Philippines are building a “climate resilient” dam that will displace the Indigenous Dumagat-Remontado people and affect their way of life, while emitting significant amounts of greenhouse gases. Institutions investing in dams would do better to shift their resources towards the true, gender-just climate solution implemented by theContinue reading “Dumagat women use non-timber forest products to mitigate and adapt to climate change”
Women restore mangrove forests in the Niger Delta
Long story short: International financial institutions continue to invest in fossil fuel extraction which is driving the climate crisis to dangerous levels and polluting local communities’ water, and therefore, affecting their livelihoods, health and food sources. These institutions must shift their resources towards the true, gender-just climate solution being implemented by women and girls in theContinue reading “Women restore mangrove forests in the Niger Delta”
Magar women use Indigenous knowledge to mitigate climate change impacts
Long story short: International financial institutions such as the Asian Development Bank and European Investment Bank continue to invest in the false climate solution of large-scale hydropower, which often displaces local communities and is a significant source of greenhouse gases. These institutions must shift their resources towards the true, gender-just climate solutions of Indigenous territorialContinue reading “Magar women use Indigenous knowledge to mitigate climate change impacts”
GAGGA launches 2022 #WeWomenAreWater campaign
*Scroll down to access the campaign stories Enough with false climate solutions, the time is now to resource gender-just solutions to the water and climate crises The second instalment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report made it clear last week: climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health,Continue reading “GAGGA launches 2022 #WeWomenAreWater campaign”
Call to Action for Gender-Just Climate Finance
For climate finance to support climate action in a just and effective way it needs to be gender-just. There are many successful and inspiring gender-just climate solutions, but they are grossly underfunded and climate finance decision-making continues to be exclusive. This call to action provides concrete recommendations to policymakers and government officials from UNFCCC Annex IContinue reading “Call to Action for Gender-Just Climate Finance”
Women in South Africa: Water a fundamental right in the time of COVID-19
Where are the voices of working-class and rural Black women in the larger story about COVID-19 in South Africa? This is a question I ask every single day as I read the newspapers, listen to and watch the seemingly endless news reports on radio and television. Over the last few days, I have been onContinue reading “Women in South Africa: Water a fundamental right in the time of COVID-19”
Honduran women weave a fabric of solidarity in the face of extractivism
Residents of Honduras’ Sula Valley saw water rise to the roofs of their houses last November. This northwestern region of the country, already strongly affected by the pandemic, was devastated by floods caused by Hurricanes Eta and Iota making landfall within two weeks of each other. According to research, it is the first time onContinue reading “Honduran women weave a fabric of solidarity in the face of extractivism”
GAGGA launches “We, Women are Water” campaign 2021
On International Women’s Day (March 8th) the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) will launch the “We, Women are Water” campaign to highlight women’s role, demands and actions in ensuring water security in the face of climate change. The interrelated crises of water, climate and COVID-19 all share the same root causes: a deeply unjust and patriarchalContinue reading “GAGGA launches “We, Women are Water” campaign 2021”
GAGGA launches 2020 “We, Women are Water” campaign
Update: On the 13th of March the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) launched the “We, Women are Water” campaign. You can find all the 2020 campaign cases here: Chimpu Warmi in Lake Poopó, Bolivia The Feminist Collective in Suchitoto, El Salvador OMMI provides safe water in the Paraguayan Chaco Ixquisis womenContinue reading “GAGGA launches 2020 “We, Women are Water” campaign”
2019 “We, Women are Water” GAGGA Campaign
During the month of March 2019 and for the third consecutive year, the “We, Women are Water” campaign took place in the framework of International Women´s Day (8th of March) and World Water Day (22nd of March), bringing together different organizations and funds that form part of the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA)Continue reading “2019 “We, Women are Water” GAGGA Campaign”