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GAGGA has always been deeply committed to uplifting the work of communities that are most invisible and historically excluded. Recently,  the GAGGA program committee has been reflecting on how this commitment shows up in our communications and in the words we choose to describe the groups we support.  The truth is that language matters; theContinue reading “Our commitment to adopting more inclusive language”

For some time now, GAGGA and our network have been emphasizing how the climate and environmental crises require feminist solutions. This year, various actors are starting to recognize this as well. In March, the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) addressed gender equality in the context of climate change and environmental degradation forContinue reading “July 2022 Newsletter: Feminist climate action in the spotlight”

The Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) is currently looking to recruit a full-time coordinator to support the network’s advocacy and collaborations. Together with the coordinator focused on linking and learning, you will be responsible for the effective and collective implementation of this 5-year program (2021-2025) with a focus on leading and/or supportingContinue reading “Job vacancy: Advocacy & Collaborations Coordinator”

The Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) is currently looking to recruit a full-time Linking & Learning Coordinator. Together with the Advocacy & Collaborations Coordinator, you will be responsible for the effective and collective implementation of this 5-year program (2021-2025) to advance gender, environmental and climate justice. THE GAGGA NETWORK GAGGA is aContinue reading “Job vacancy: Linking & Learning Coordinator”

  As women’s rights advocates face the closing of civic space, a rise in gender-based violence amid the pandemic, and increasingly misogynistic and militarized environments, government actors such as the Netherlands must recognise the urgency in strengthening their leadership role on gender equality and women’s rights. That’s why the Global Alliance for Green and GenderContinue reading “Six feminist consortia call on the Dutch government to increase support for gender equality and women’s rights”

In their efforts to defend their land, territories and natural resources, women and girl environmental defenders* (WGEDs) around the world are experiencing diverse forms of structural violence. The violence they experience ranges from the physical to the spiritual. From dislocation and dispossession, to harassment and defamation. From sexual and domestic violence to kidnapping and murder.Continue reading “NGO CSW66 Forum event recording | Structural violence: Learning from women and girl environmental defenders”

This year the 66th session of the UN’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66) is addressing gender equality in the context of climate change and environmental degradation for the first time as its priority theme. On March 15th, 2022, GAGGA co-organized a virtual event on the intersections of climate, gender and sustainable development. Land defenders and genderContinue reading “CSW66 event recording | Feminist solutions for the
Environment and climate crises”

Women, girls, trans, intersex and non-binary people across the world are already working on climate solutions that are just and inclusive. But they are still largely excluded from decision-making and often lack access to basic information, technology and finance. That’s where the Global Alliance for Green and Gender Action (GAGGA) comes in. Launched in 2016,Continue reading “What exactly does GAGGA do? Find out in this new animation”

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