S5, E8: Climate X Gender X Hope
Climate X Gender X Hope
Tuesday 8th March 2022
In honour of International Women’s Day, Amos Trust hosted a special webinar focusing on how climate change disproportionately impacts women from the Global South.
Women bear the brunt of climate breakdown — particularly in the Global South. They’re often responsible for water collection, food production and care work, all of which become harder as droughts intensify, floods destroy crops and resources become scarce. Yet women are systematically excluded from climate decision-making, their knowledge dismissed and their leadership undervalued.
Since 2019, Amos has been having conversations and learning from female climate justice activists in the UK and worldwide, exploring the importance of women-led and feminist leadership models. At COP26 in November 2021 and during the following months, we spoke to several young female climate activists from the Global South, many of whom have kept in touch with one another via social media. Their solidarity, spanning thousands of miles, inspires them to make change in their communities.
We heard from Marie, Adenike and Immaculate — three fearless female climate activists about the work they're doing in their communities to fight against the climate crisis.
Our guests:
- Marie Christina Kolo: Climate activist
- Adenike Oladosu: Climate activist
- Immaculate Akello: Climate activist
