Women Continue Their Struggle for Good-Living and Climate Justice : Reflections from Copenhagen
Claudia Gimena Roa
Fundaexpresion
Santander - Colombia
http://www.fundaexpresion.org/
fundaexpresion@gmail.com
Fundaexpresion
Santander - Colombia
http://www.fundaexpresion.org/
fundaexpresion@gmail.com
Narrative Report, Jan. 2010
We have recently had the wonderful opportunity of connecting our community-based work in Colombia with two international women’s networks: GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice[1] and WLOE - Women and Life on Earth[2]. These social platforms are essential to unite the struggles and experiences of women groups around the world, on crucial issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation. Moreover, we have managed to envision how these societal challenges are inter-connected and directly affect the livelihoods of marginalized peasant communities and women rights. Our joint vision as women has particular significance in terms of autonomy, empowerment, cultural identity, elimination of all forms of violence, preservation of biodiversity, water and life in general.
Therefore, for us as women’s groups and environmentalist movements, it was crucial to be able to participate directly and reflect upon two recent international summits which took place at the end of the year 2009 in Europe, with implications on a planetary scale: the 7th conference of ministers of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva and the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen (COP15).
[1] GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice: Network for capacity building and awareness raising to empower women at local and national levels affected by the impacts of climate change, web-page: http://www.gendercc.net/
[2] WLOE - Women and Life on Earth: Network which aims to connect women’s organisations at an international level, share information and work for ecological health and social justice, web-page: http://www.wloe.org/
We have recently had the wonderful opportunity of connecting our community-based work in Colombia with two international women’s networks: GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice[1] and WLOE - Women and Life on Earth[2]. These social platforms are essential to unite the struggles and experiences of women groups around the world, on crucial issues such as climate change and biodiversity conservation. Moreover, we have managed to envision how these societal challenges are inter-connected and directly affect the livelihoods of marginalized peasant communities and women rights. Our joint vision as women has particular significance in terms of autonomy, empowerment, cultural identity, elimination of all forms of violence, preservation of biodiversity, water and life in general.
Therefore, for us as women’s groups and environmentalist movements, it was crucial to be able to participate directly and reflect upon two recent international summits which took place at the end of the year 2009 in Europe, with implications on a planetary scale: the 7th conference of ministers of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva and the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen (COP15).
[1] GenderCC - Women for Climate Justice: Network for capacity building and awareness raising to empower women at local and national levels affected by the impacts of climate change, web-page: http://www.gendercc.net/
[2] WLOE - Women and Life on Earth: Network which aims to connect women’s organisations at an international level, share information and work for ecological health and social justice, web-page: http://www.wloe.org/
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