women's voices

Women’s Voices is Wen’s storytelling hub – a space where women share their experiences of environmental justice in their own words. These are stories of strength, struggle and solidarity – told with consent and care. From grassroots campaigns to community-powered climate action, these voices reveal what feminist change really looks like.

For more information on how we co create these stories read our blog. 

 

CLIMATE SISTERS’ voices/  impact stories/ activist voices/ staff perspectives

Hirra Khan Adeogun
CAR FREE CITIES FOR CLIMATE AND HEALTH
June 18, 2025

Interview with Hirra Khan Adeogun who led the Car Free Cities campaign for climate action charity, Possible. …

Climate Sister
MEET CLIMATE SISTER SIMRAN KAUR
May 19, 2025

Read our interview with Climate Sister Simran Kaur. Find out why she took part in the programme and why it…

THE BICYCLE IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM: WOMEN AND CYCLING IN PERSPECTIVE WITH BELINDA EVERETT
THE BICYCLE IS A SYMBOL OF FREEDOM
May 19, 2025

Read our interview with Belinda Everett, founder of Bee Pedal Ready and one of Cycle UK’s Top 100 Women in…

KERRAN KAUR
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR YOURSELF IS A REVOLUTIONARY ACT
May 19, 2025

Read our interview with Kerran Kaur who works with communities sharing her knowledge and recipes to a plant-based, ethical, just…

IN CONVERSATION WITH DR VANDANA SHIVA
February 28, 2023

Shaheda Aziz, Wen speaks with Dr Vandana Shiva, world renowned environmental thinker, activist and feminist about what climate justice would…

HOW WOMEN LED SELF GOVERNANCE CAN ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND PROTECT NATURAL RESOURCES
November 17, 2022

Read our interview with Harshita Jha, a feminist social work practitioner - discussing how women-led community participation, for poverty eradication,…

WHY’S MENSTRUATION A HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE? – SCHEAFFER OKORE
November 7, 2022

Read our interview with Scheaffer Okore, talking about why menstruation is a human rights issue, period taboo and #MyAlwaysExperience.…

Climate Sisters creative exhibition
MEET CLIMATE SISTER SAJIDA RASHID
May 19, 2022

Read our interview with Climate Sister Sajida. Find out why she took part in the programme and why it is…

Interview with Jodie Evans Code Pink
ENDING MILITARISM FOR A SOCIALLY JUST WORLD
September 1, 2021

Read our interview with Jodie Evans, co-founder of CODEPINK, a women-led feminist organisation working to end U.S. militarism.…

Joy Vick - Nappy Ever After, nappy laundry service in Hackney
LOCAL SOLUTIONS: REAL NAPPIES. A SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVE SUPPORTING FAMILIES TO USE REUSABLES – JOY VICK
April 19, 2021

Interview with Joy Vick founder of Nappy Ever After, the nappy laundry service giving parents the opportunity to try reusables.…

IT’S TIME TO EDUCATE CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS ON THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY & THE KNOWLEDGE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES – PAULINE OWITI
April 12, 2021

Interview with Pauline Owiti, National Coordinator at the UN Climate Conference of Youth, COY16. She is a climate activist…

DOMINIQUE PALMER
WHY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CENTERING INTERSECTIONALITY IN THE CLIMATE JUSTICE MOVEMENT – DOMINIQUE PALMER
February 2, 2021

Interview with Dominique Palmer -organiser within Fridays for Future Int, the UK Student Climate Network & Launch Coordinator for Climate…

Dipti Bhatnagar, International Programme Coordinator on Climate Justice and Energy with Friends
CLIMATE CHANGE IS MORE THAN CO2 EMISSIONS. ALL SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION ARE DRIVING THE CRISIS! – DIPTI BHATNAGAR
November 5, 2020

Interview with Dipti Bhatnagar, Int Programme Coordinator on Climate Justice & Energy with Friends of the Earth Int based in…

Oladosu Adenike
MEET OLADUSU ADENIKE, AKA THE ECOFEMINIST
August 26, 2020

Read our interview with Oladuso Adenike is a youth activist from Nigeria who goes by the name, The Ecofeminist. Named…

THERE’S A CRISIS IN THE CARE INDUSTRY #CAREJOBSAREGREENJOBS – MAEVE COHEN
August 12, 2020

Read our interview with Maeve Cohen who along with Professor Sherilyn MacGregor, is authoring a UK Feminist Green New Deal…

[Photo courtesy of Judy Ling Wong, Black Environment Network]
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION STARTS WITH GROWING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE – JUDY LING WONG OBE
July 7, 2020

Creator, artist and public figure honored for her commitment and pioneering work in the environmental sector, we spoke to Judy…

Emma Greenwood
BRIDGING CLIMATE ACTIVISM AND POLITICS WITH EMMA GREENWOOD
June 2, 2020

Emma Greenwood is Youth MP for Bury and a climate activist. She is part of Youth Strike Manchester and is…

ZARINA AHMAD
THE POWER BEHIND ECO-FEMINISM – ZARINA AHMAD
May 18, 2020

We speak with Zarina Ahmad, a climate change communicator and trainer with CEMVO Scotland, a race-equality organisation and intermediary with…