Climate Justice – Global Fund for Women

2025 YEAR IN GENDER JUSTICE

Anja Tranovich — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:22:48 +0000

In 2025, feminist organizations stood at a crossroads of crisis and resistance across the globe. Regressive policies and devastating funding cuts threatened to unravel decades of progress, leaving vital grassroots organizations on the brink, or worse, shuttered. But from the streets of El Fasher, Sudan, to the Parliament halls in Rabat, Morocco, our partners are not just holding the line…

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COP30: The Future is Fertile, If We Fund It. Reproductive Justice in a Collapsing Climate

Anja Tranovich — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:56:25 +0000

The climate crisis is altering the most intimate and essential aspect of human life: our choice and ability to give birth safely. Across Africa and globally, pregnant people are navigating food insecurity, toxic air and water, droughts, displacement, and failing health systems, all made worse by climate change. These cascading crises are changing what it means to be pregnant, to give birth…

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On the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis, Ugandan Activists Find Solutions Beyond the Injustice

Marry — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:58:27 +0000

In Uganda, climate change isn’t a distant threat; it’s an immediate crisis. Communities across the country, from bustling Kampala to rural Jinja, are feeling its effects – erratic rainfall, droughts, and devastating landslides. At the forefront of the response are women and girls in all their diversity, pioneering solutions in agriculture, water management, and community education.

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Feminist Organizing for Climate Justice in the Caribbean

Anja Tranovich — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:37:08 +0000

Caribbean An emerging feminist climate justice movement in the Caribbean has the potential to play a key role in mitigating climate disaster. Caribbean nations are already experiencing the impacts of climate change, and are at risk of greater and more severe impacts…

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Crispine Ngena

Nicole Crossley — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:04:15 +0000

As a feminist and environmental activist in Africa, Crispine Ngena (She/Her)works with women, young girls, and indigenous communities to build egalitarian communities for a better future, challenge existing harmful cultural norms, and practices and replacing them with new ones for change. Her simple ask? Close the sustainable development gap.

Winnet Shamuyarira

Nicole Crossley — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:50:17 +0000

Winnet (She/Her) is a Zimbabwean feminist activist whose work focuses on women’s bodily autonomy and interrogating power and patriarchy's impact on women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Sharon Bhagwan Rolls

Nicole Crossley — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:10:15 +0000

As a Pacific Island feminist, Sharon Bhagwan Rolls (She/Her) stands out. She works at the intersections of development and humanitarian spaces. She has committed her life to bringing more women of all backgrounds to climate negotiations.

Rael Akware

Nicole Crossley — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:19:01 +0000

Rael Akware (She/Her advocates for marginalized ethnic minority women and girls through public interest litigation and legal aid. She is passionate about amplifying women and girls' voices and compelling Government to address historical land rights injustices.

Disha Ravi

Nicole Crossley — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:17:00 +0000

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Feminist Action for Climate Justice in the Pacific

Nicole Crossley — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:22:06 +0000

Pacific Islands While women and girls in the Pacific Islands are disproportionally impacted by climate change, they are also leading innovative and vital grassroots solutions. Communities in the Pacific Islands are deeply impacted by the ongoing climate crisis despite being among the…

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