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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”

2021

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”

*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”

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”

Story highlights Since the early 1990s, coal mines have sprung up around Adivasi or Indigenous communities in India’s Chhattisgarh state without their consent, affecting their livelihoods, relationship with their forests and health. Savita Rath, a local human rights activist in the GAGGA network, works directly with women in mining-affected villages to strengthen their capacity andContinue reading “Adivasi women from mining-affected forests say “no” to coal”

Story highlights Facing category 5 cyclones, prolonged drought, and displacement at the hands of multinational mining and gas companies, rural women in Mozambique and their communities are playing an active and critical role in local climate action — showing how women’s rights and climate justice are intrinsically linked. As those who hold ancestral knowledge andContinue reading “Women in Mozambique lead local climate action from the inside”