Latest in GAGGA

Latest in GAGGA

Dive into the latest news and updates from GAGGA and learn about our global initiatives, call to actions, and milestones.

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June 22, 2022

Job vacancy: Linking & Learning 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”

June 9, 2022

Six feminist consortia call on the Dutch government to increase support for gender equality and women’s rights

  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”

March 31, 2022

NGO CSW66 Forum event recording | Structural violence: Learning from women and girl environmental defenders

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”

March 23, 2022

CSW66 event recording | Feminist solutions for the
Environment and climate crises

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”

December 9, 2021

What exactly does GAGGA do? Find out in this new animation

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”

October 28, 2021

Join our COP26 side event on gender-just climate finance

Gender-just climate finance: from barriers to actionable solutions This event took place on Thursday, 4 Nov 2021. You can watch the full recording here. With gender-responsiveness a work in progress, current climate funds are hardly accessible for women-led community based organizations. While these groups lack access to finance and decision-making, they already lead bold holisticContinue reading “Join our COP26 side event on gender-just climate finance”

October 28, 2021

Blog series: Putting justice at the heart of climate action

*Scroll down for links to the blogs. When climate-related disasters like hurricanes, floods or droughts strike, those who are most impacted are often the communities who are least responsible for climate change. The climate emergency is a symptom of a much larger and older crisis of social, gender and racial inequality that dates back toContinue reading “Blog series: Putting justice at the heart of climate action”

October 19, 2021

October 2021 Newsletter: Now is the time for urgent climate action

With extreme weather events impacting every region of the world in recent months and stark warnings from the latest IPCC report, one thing is more clear than ever: now is the time for governments, investors, and donors to take urgent climate action. Ahead of the UN climate negotiations in just a few days, we callContinue reading “October 2021 Newsletter: Now is the time for urgent climate action”