LINKS & RESOURCES
Below please find helpful links and resources that were shared during the WECAN Climate Justice Forum event on September 20, “African Feminist Perspectives on COP27 and Beyond”.
Many thanks to the amazing speakers: Neema Namadamu, Founder, Synergy of Congolese Women’s Associations (SAFECO), and Democratic Republic of Congo Coordinator, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), DR Congo; Rita Uwaka, Forest & Biodiversity Program Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA), Nigeria; Sostine Namanya, Gender & Food Security Projects Officer, National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Uganda; Anne Songole, Climate Justice Coordinator, The African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET), Kenya; and Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director.
Neema Namadamu | SAFECO and WECAN Democratic Republic of Congo Coordinator, DR Congo
- Follow Neema on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mamanshujaa?lang=en
- Watch the video, “Seeding the Future: Women Protecting Forests, Climate, and Communities”: https://youtu.be/pVF65uhzips
- Learn more about Neema’s work to protect the Itombwe Forest in DR Congo here: https://www.wecaninternational.org/drc
- Neema Namadamu, Hero Women Rising, Neema@Namadamu.com, www.HeroWomenRising.org, www.Facebook.com/HeroWomenRising
- Learn more about her story: https://www.oneearth.org/environmental-hero-neema-namadamu/
Rita Uwaka | Forest & Biodiversity Program Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA), Nigeria
- Follow Rita on Twitter: https://twitter.com/riouwaka?lang=en
- Watch the video, “African Women, Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and Community Forestry”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehIBaP5vPC0
Sostine Namanya | Gender & Food Security Projects Officer, National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Uganda
- Follow Sostine on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sostinen
- Read her blog, “I saw COP26 fail firsthand—here’s what we need for climate justice”: https://ajws.org/blog/i-saw-cop26-fail-firsthand-heres-what-we-need-for-climate-justice/
- Watch the video, “NAPE's Sostine Namanya shares on the challenges faced by Women Environmental Rights Defenders”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFsiCsdTjOw
Anne Songole | Climate Justice Coordinator, The African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET), Kenya
- Follow Anne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annsongole
- Watch her speak about climate justice issues: https://fb.watch/fvGqAj_TCq/
- Learn more about the African Women’s Development and Communications Network (FEMNET): https://femnet.org/
Osprey Orielle Lake | Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, USA
- Read WECAN’s Call to Action for Governments and Financial Institutions: https://bit.ly/CTA_ClimateWeek22
- Read the WECAN Divestment Report on the Gendered and Racial Impacts of the fossil fuel Industry: https://www.wecaninternational.org/divestment-report
- Learn more about WECAN’s Women for Forests program: https://www.wecaninternational.org/women-for-forests
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