AFRICAN WOMEN WEAVING A JUST WORLD FOR PEOPLE AND NATURE
Press Release: African women unite on the frontlines of the Climate Crisis
The West and Central African Women’s Climate Assembly will be held in the Niger Delta between 17-20 October 2022, bringing together women from Guinea Conakry, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Nigeria who daily experience the costs of the rapidly growing climate crisis. Read more.
Launch | Coalition Against the Mining Pandemic Report and Website
Launch |Guns, Power & Politics Resources Extractives and Violence Against Women – Feminist Journeys of Trauma Support and Solidarity – Papers
As part of International Women’s Month and Wangari Maathai Day, WoMin is proud to present two new critical resources:
Launch | Right to Say NO Information Pack
Communities across Africa are organising to STOP large destructive extractive activities. They are saying NO to mega hydro dams, industrial food plantations and large-scale fishing, fossil fuel extraction, false technology solutions to climate change (such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) or carbon capture in soil), and infrastructure, such as roads, rail, pipelines, and ports. In many resistances women play a central role because they have most to lose.
Ecofeminist Alternatives To Development
WoMin’s programme on Advancing African Ecofeminist Development Alternatives (AAEDA) is supporting the construction of African development alternatives to destructive extractivism that are ecofeminist, post-extractivist and transformative.
Launch: The Right to Say NO: African women defend Africa’s wealth
As we celebrate the International Day of Rural Women (October 15, 2021), WoMin is pleased to launch the second in our series of animated short films – The Right to Say NO: African Women Defend Africa’s Wealth.
New Report | INGA 3: Too High A Cost
International Rivers and WoMin African Alliance are pleased to launch a new report that provides, for the first time, an independent and authoritative account of the true cost of the Inga 3 Hydropower Project for South Africa.
Launch: A New Animated Short Film Series
Polluters & Plunderers: The Roots Of Africa’s Crises
As we celebrate World Environment Day, June 5, WoMin is pleased to launch the first in a series of animated short films – Polluters & Plunderers: The Roots of Africa’s Crises.
Understanding the 'Right to Say NO'
What is the ‘Right to Say NO’? We offer a set of tools and resources to help you unpack this powerful concept and right.
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