Read our interview with Belinda Everett, founder of Bee Pedal Ready and one of Cycle UK’s Top 100 Women in Cycling of 2022.
Category Archives: Women’s voices
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May
May
Wen is excited to have secured a grant from City Bridge Trust, through the Propel initiative. The three year funding, which started in April 2023, will enable Wen to continue its successful Climate Sisters programme – giving the opportunity to over 100 women in East London to take part in the Feminist Climate Leadership programme.…
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Apr
Apr
Food production, consumption and preparation is highly gendered, so taking an intersectional feminist approach is crucial for working towards a just food and climate transition. The Food Policy Paper, published later in 2023, is part of a Feminist Green New Deal policy paper series and final report which outline key policy recommendations needed to create…
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Apr
Apr
BRINGING WOMEN’S VOICES TO THE CLIMATE TABLE The Climate Sisters ‘Local Women of the World at the Climate Table’ project, funded by Propel, aims to make systemic change by amplifying marginalised women’s voices in climate justice debates and in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Here we hear from Climate Sisters participants who have taken…
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Apr
Apr
Find out about The Climate Sisters project, funded by propel, which aims to make systemic change by amplifying marginalised women’s voices in climate justice debates and in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
28
Feb
Feb
Shaheda Aziz, Wen speaks with Dr Vandana Shiva, world renowned environmental thinker, activist and feminist about what climate justice would look like in our food system.
Climate Crisis, Women's voices
FOOD ORIGIN STORIES FOR AUTONOMY, RESILIENCE, CONNECTION AND A JUST FOOD SYSTEM
01
Feb
Feb
Read our interview with Kerran Kaur who works with communities sharing her knowledge and recipes to a plant-based, ethical, just food system.
Climate Crisis, Women's voices
HOW WOMEN LED SELF GOVERNANCE CAN ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES
17
Nov
Nov
Read our interview with Harshita Jha, a feminist social work practitioner – discussing how women-led community participation, for poverty eradication, intersects with climate action.
07
Nov
Nov
Read our interview with Scheaffer Okore, talking about why menstruation is a human rights issue, period taboo and #MyAlwaysExperience.
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Sep
Sep
Women of colour, women with disabilities and LGBTQ+ women experience intersecting forms of discrimination that can affect their career progression to leadership positions. So what can be done?