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The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. NGO/CSW65 took place from March 15-26, 2021 on a virtual platform with close to 30,000 advocates from all over the world. WEA was honored to be alongside fellow…

This International Women’s Day, please join us in taking action alongside grassroots women leaders who are caring for our communities—saving indigenous seeds, selling clean cookstoves, launching sustainable farms, providing safe water, protecting land rights, and more—in some of the most environmentally threatened regions on earth. Gather (virtually) with us at one of our special International Women’s Day…

“I keep reminding folks that if we had started working on this plan a year ago, paying particular attention to adaptation measures, we could have avoided some of the devastation people endured from the storm.” Dolores Belmares, Climate Justice Organizer, Public Citizen (Texas office) Lots of people have been wondering what happened in Texas. To…

For generations, Black women have built a movement around community and climate resilience. In the face of racial injustice, gender inequity, economic disparities and disproportionate environmental impacts, Black women have forged a path which recognizes that justice in any form requires justice in all forms, and a thriving earth requires thriving communities. In the 1970’s…