The first Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change, signed in 1992 in Rio, Brazil, was held in 1995. Its 30th edition, better known as the COP30, will be held in November this year. It will be a special edition because it will take place in Latin America, the Amazon specifically, and also because social movements…
The debates presented below were part of a training cycle on feminist economy and environmental justice. Organized by the World March of Women (WMW) in Brazil, in collaboration with Friends of the Earth International’s (FOEI) gender justice and dismantling patriarchy working group, the training was aimed at members of the federation from all regions of the world. Capire and Real World…
On this episode of Voices are Action, we discuss three central issues: 1) From 12 to 16 November, the Peoples' Summit will be held in the Brazilian city of Belém, in the state of Pará, in the Amazon. This summit is the response of social movements around the world to a new edition of the UN Climate Change Conference -COP30-,…
These are the headlines of our fourth episode of Voices are Action, our new podcast series. 1. Argentina – Mendoza: The Assembly for Water of Uspallata, a town in Argentina located at the head of the Mendoza River basin, is currently threatened by the actions of the San Jorge open pit mining project, in a context of public power grabbing…
Feminist economy and environmental justice are closely connected. They both provide strong criticism of the false solutions offered by capitalism to the crisis capitalism itself has created. And they both propose grassroots struggles that point toward a reorganization of society, ways of life, and the relationship between human beings and nature. Nevertheless, articulating these agendas together across movements, organizations, and…
On June 16, a judge of the Municipal Court of Jericó, a municipality in the department of Antioquia, released eleven peasants who are facing legal proceedings for opposing a mining project of transnational corporation AngloGold Ashanti in the area. The decision allows the peasants to continue the process while remaining free, contrary to the request of the Prosecutor's Office that…
Humanity is facing devastating times. Although Israel is relentless with its genocide in Gaza, it also decided to bomb Iran and brought the world to its knees, unleashing a conflict that could have catastrophic consequences for the Middle East and the world. Ethnic cleansing in Palestine was not enough for Israel this time. In this context of terror, our new…
The latest edition of Voices are Action looks at the reasons behind the massive protests against the government in Panama. We also report on two climate lawsuits filed in the Netherlands; the International Anti-Chevron Day; and the concerns raised by Indigenous Peoples in Malaysia over the implementation of a carbon credit project. In this second episode you will find audio…
In this new podcast series, Voices are Action, we will explore different regions of the world with news from social movements with an environmental, social and gender justice perspective. In this first episode you will hear about: -Where is Julia Chuñil? Report from Chile by Catalina Huerta from MODATIMA -A peaceful demonstration for Palestine repressed in Croatia -A new report…
The upcoming 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum to take place in September 2025, is set to be one of those milestones that shape the history of peoples’ struggles, in this case, the struggles of peasant movements and organisations that promote food sovereignty, alongside all the organisations that carry that banner in every corner of the planet. Following the 2007 and 2015…
