About us

Wen is a UK based environmental charity working on issues that connect women, health, equity and environmental justice. We take an intersectional feminist approach to tackling the climate and nature emergencies. We are working to build a caring, equitable, and sustainable world where people and the planet thrive.

Wen’s belief

We believe that women, communities and the natural world have a right to a healthy environment.

The problem

Women, especially racialised, disabled and marginalised women, are disproportionately affected by the climate and nature crises. This is due to the roles they’re expected to take on, the places they live, the work they do, and the deep-rooted systemic inequalities they face.

We know from decades of work that the people most impacted by climate change, pollution and environmental harm are often the ones with the least power to influence the policies that shape their lives.

The Solution

We can’t solve the climate and nature emergencies by replicating the same top-down, extractive systems that created it. We need something bolder, more inclusive, and more rooted in care. 

Women’s experiences should be at the heart of conversations. Because when we centre the voices of those most affected, we find better, fairer solutions

What Wen is doing

At Wen, we’re building power nationally and through local community projects. We work with communities to demonstrate that new ways of doing things are possible, creating alternatives to what currently exists. We campaign for change and challenge the status quo, building movements and changing mindsets through coalitions and partnerships with aligned organisations and networks.

Join us in our mission to collectively create viable alternatives to oppressive systems, to end the exploitation of women and the natural world.

A note on inclusive language 

Wen views issues from an intersectional feminist perspective and is inclusive of gender non-binary, trans and gender non-conforming people.