Category Archives: Women’s voices

A FEMINIST GREEN NEW DEAL FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

Reproductive Justice Report
REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AND THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IN THE UK Wen and Birth Companions have published a paper looking at the implications of the climate emergency for reproductive justice in the UK. Climate change, global heating, pollution, exposure to toxic chemicals, environmental degradation and the decline of nature – referred to collectively as the climate and…

WEN SECURES SUPPORT FROM PROPEL FUNDING COLLABORATION

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.…

A FEMINIST GREEN NEW DEAL FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS

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…

MEET THE CLIMATE SISTERS

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…