🌍WoMin joins its partners in Saly, Senegal for the Regional meeting in Central and West Africa on the Challenges of a Just Energy Transition in a Time of Climate Crisis 🌱✊
The R2SayNO is a call by communities for the right to a good & decent life,health & wellbeing,control over seeds & respect for collective land rights,living a caring interdependent relationship with nature,being free from all forms of violence,& enjoying public& social services.
📢We're excited for the kick-off of the #WCA2024 on Monday, 7 Oct in Senegal🌍.
African women demand #ClimateAction Now! We want REAL solutions, reparations, #ClimateJustice. We say NO more to corporate impunity & destructive ‘development’🛑
@WoMin_Africa@lsdsenegal
#AfricanWomen4ClimateJustice
#COP29
📢✊🏿 #WomensClimateAssembly
📢🌍𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 - 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 📰 In this edition we, honour the voices, experiences and analysis of African women & communities on the frontlines of struggle for justice in all its forms. We look ahead to the 3rd Women’s Climate Assembly in Saly, Senegal from 7 - 11 Oct.
Over 120 women activists from 12 countries across West & Central Africa will gather to tackle the urgent climate crisis affecting our continent under the theme, 𝐴𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠!
𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍 👉🏿https://t.co/h6zoTHDi91
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📢📺 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 & 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐲 🌍
⏰The 3rd West & Central African Women's Climate Assembly countdown starts now! 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟳 - 𝟭𝟭 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮𝟬 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘆, 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲!
🌱Together, they will unify women-led struggles to stop dirty extractives and false solutions to the climate crisis, propose development solutions that centre & support women and communities, and stand together in defence of their lands, waters and forests!
Ahead of #COP29, the #WomensClimateAssembly is a critical space for African women and communities to organise and ensure their demands are heard!✊
👁🗨Follow us and the tags #WomensClimateAssembly #WomensClimateAssembly2024 for updates!
@Lsdsenegal@kebetkachewomen@GRAIN_org@NnimmoB
Green minerals and metals are needed for energy storage,for the construction of wind turbines & solar panels,for green technologies,incl.electric vehicles. However,these projects are affecting indigeneous people's land and mineral sovereignty as is the case for Makuutu.@SOSTINEN
📢 We stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Maasai in #Tanzania! ✊🏾
+82,000 Maasai are being evicted from their homelands to protect wildlife + biodiversity in the Ngorongoro Conservation area. Lands have people and people have rights—we must protect both! #LandRightsNow
🚨 URGENT: STOP THE VIOLATIONS AGAINST THE MAASAI PEOPLE IN TANZANIA!
Over 20,000 Maasai are peacefully protesting severe, ongoing violations of their rights. The Tanzanian government, for months, has cut off essential services—no health care, no schools, and food prices have tripled. They have been evicted from their ancestral lands. Now, as they peacefully protest, the government is blocking their access to food and water. This injustice must end!
We call on @StateDRL@USAmbTanzania@usembassytz @USAIDDRG @USAIDTanzania to stand up for the #MaasaiPeople.
✊🏿 @WoMin_Africa just released their newest publication: “Women Build Power! Celebrating 10 Years of Pan #African#Ecofeminist Organising.” https://t.co/W3vjpd3ivC
(EN/FR) Dive into learnings, art, and more by women & peasant communities: https://t.co/qXpyLU800L #ecofeminist
🌍🌿🌳🐾💧🌞🐂🐐𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮
Across East Africa, #communal land #rights are increasingly under threat from #land grabs and #exploitation of natural #resources found on #indigenous land. These resource grabs are largely driven by mega-corporations and governments often without the free, prior, and informed consent of the custodians of that land.
📰Read more about our work in #Uganda https://t.co/SOT63xclLR…
✊#RightToSayNO! #FPIC
📢#Right2SayNO
Ugandan activist, Lochoro, shares how she and women in her community are mobilising to protect their forests, biodiversity and livelihoods from rampant deforestation.
🌳As a member of the Naita Tepeth Community Land Association, she is fighting to "bring back our land that has been taken by the mining company!"
#landsovereignty #environmentaljustice #IndigenousPeoples #climatejustice #protectourplanet
Happening: Mosopisyek Benet Indigenous women from Kween district interacting with Tepeth Indigenous women in Moroto district in a learning exchange organised by @RRightsAfrica & Tapac Integrated Dev't Org. Thanks to @WoMin_Africa for supporting this program.
📢#Right2SayNO
Margaret is an indigenous woman activist from Naita Tepeth. This week, she meets with other women from her community and Mosopyek Benet for a solidarity & learning exchange on #FPIC, compensation and communal land rights. Both communities are waging battles for land justice and fair compensation in the face of encroaching mining and other extractives industries.
✊🏾Read more about their organising ➡️
https://t.co/SOT63xclLR
#landsovereignty #environmentaljustice #IndigenousPeoples #climatejustice
Group 3 has given examples where the Right To Say No was not respected such as the Wagagai minining which evicted Mawele Islamic School which is a community school.
#R2SayNO
Saying 'no' is a self-care anthem. It's reclaiming control, setting boundaries, and honoring your well-being. In a world of constant demands, the right to say 'no' is your compass to authenticity and a path to personal empowerment. #R2SayNO@RRightsAfrica@WoMin_Africa