Michelle Benzing (she/her)

Intersectional feminist, focus on gender, peace & security and climate justice; Activism @IFFF_WILPF

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

This would have been the first visit by a German Foreign Minister to #Fiji, providing an opportunity to show #solidarity and commit to financially support #Pacific communities on the frontlines of the #climatecrisis. Very unfortunate that this was missed due to a defective plane.

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

Exciting news! ✨We recently launched the #Peace & #Demilitarisation Working Group within the @WGC_Climate! Let the civil society work on #gender, #climate and #peace within the UNFCCC continue!

[WILPF @WILPF]

WILPF & @WGC_Climate joined for a session on “#Demilitarisation, #Peace & #ClimateJustice" launching the Peace & Demilitarisation Working Group within the WGC— a promising foundation to bring this topic to the UN climate talks.

Here are some key highlights from the workshop💡👇

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

@duabusan Agree, the dumping will impact communities beyond the Pacific region. Pacific civil society is leading the fight against this nuclear injustice!

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

This is concerning … Standing in #solidarity with #Pacific civil society demanding Japan to find a viable alternative to the dumping of Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water into the Pacific Ocean.

[Alliance for Future Generations @afgfiji]

We are deeply concerned by the recent statement made by Fiji's Prime Minister @slrabuka in support of Fukushima Nuclear Waste Water Disposal plans.

Full press release ➡️ https://t.co/h445qMsbwx

[Dylan Kava @dylan_kava]

@FijiGovernment @fijiparliament For the IAEA to say the the dumping would have “negligible impacts on people and planet”—what are your standards of negligible? It may be negligible by global north standards, but getting this wrong would devastate PICs who rely so heavily on the ocean.

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

The #Oppenheimer movie fails to expose the horrific consequences of the US nuclear legacy. Extraction of uranium, testing, waste and use of nuclear weapons - all these actions have devastating impacts on the people and the planet.

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

Let’s use this screening of the #Oppenheimer movie to continue to call for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! #TPNW now! Nuclear justice now!

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

What about the radiation exposure on the #Navajo Nation due to uranium extraction? What about the health impacts for communities in New Mexico from #nuclearweapons testing at the #Trinity Site? What about #nuclearwaste and the #environmental injustice?

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

@Lani4Pasifika @bedi_racule @nuclearban @blueoceanlaw @kathykijiner @misa4thepacific @YoungsolwaraP @fossiltreaty @PCIS_Guam @pacfemcop @PacificElders @lagiseru @talei_luscia Amazing, I will make sure to follow them all! Thank you for sharing!

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

We must reject the dumping of 1.3 million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater by Japan into the Pacific Ocean! No dumping of nuclear waste can ever be safe! Listen to communities affected by nuclear legacies and follow @bedi_racule and @Lani4Pasifika for more information!

[WD2023Pacific @WD2023Pacific]

The #Pacific reaffirm our positions to strongly reject and fight the proposal of Japan to release 1.3 million tonnes of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.

@Lani4Pasifika - Founder of #DeepPacificCollective

#WD2023 #WD2023Pacific #WD2023OceanicPacific

[Sharon Bhagwan Rolls @sharonfiji]

@ABCPacific Since June, diverse #PacificIsland women leaders of @STPCoalitionPac @PacWPSMediators @PIFA4CJ have been collectively mobilizing action recalling #TCPam #TCWinston. National #DRM & #MetServices must integrate diverse women's leadership in #EWER #CREWS #MHEWS @UNDRR @HeadUNDRR

[Bedi Racule 🇲🇭🇫🇲 @bedi_racule]

Sharing this again since Japan seems to be vamping up its effort to convince the public that the DUMPING is safe. By the way, let's not call it discharge, lets call it what it is... DUMPING. Whether it's slow or fast, diluted or not, ITS DUMPING. #StopTEPCO

[Pacific Women Mediators Network @PacWPSMediators]

Building on the generations of #PacificIsland women #peacebuilders - it's launch day - commemorating the journey we embark on together ! #shepersisted4peace #redesignthetable #WPSPacific #beyond1325

[WILPF @WILPF]

#COP28 is around the corner & #MENA feminists are eagerly preparing to champion the cause of #gender_sensitive #climatejustice

Tune-in to this event by @WGC_Climate, featuring our partner @Peace_Track among an extraordinary lineup of activists & experts⬇️
https://t.co/3zlRTRjHlT

[Women & Gender Constituency @WGC_Climate]

At #COP27, feminists & activists from around the world at the frontlines of movements to address the #ClimateCrisis shared their experiences & visions for #FeministClimateJustice. ✊🏽 🌍 ✨

Missed our Feminist Speak Out? See what speakers had to share: https://t.co/5dfK00BrGA

[WILPF @WILPF]

“It is important to achieve sustainable peace (...) & consider how militarism & armed conflict affect the environment and people (...)." At #COP27, @BenzingMichelle participated in a feminist speak out, next to feminist activists from around the globe: 👉https://t.co/7yc3uOrnSa

[Michelle Benzing (she/her) @BenzingMichelle]

Free Alaa! Free them all!

[Ayisha Siddiqa @Ayishas12]

While world leaders gathered to talk about the future of humanity at COP27 human rights were so easily ignored: in Egypt while people were being slaughtered in Iran- the conference at times felt like a cruel joke. This is the last poem I shared at Cop27.
#WomenLifeFreedom