Our Earth, Our Home, Our Futures

Our Earth, Our Home, Our Futures

For many Climate Activists, April is Earth Month.  Whilst Earth Month is an identifiable month of the year where people come together to host conferences, workshops, and social media activations, climate activism exists beyond that. The latest IPCC Report highlights ways to limit and prevent human-caused emissions that contribute to global warming.

In our efforts, we must center the interventions and knowledge of Indigenous people and their practices. We must also ensure that learners have access to Gender-Transformative Climate Education, for, without it, the future is dim.

Interested in learning more about Climate Justice and Gender Transformative Education check out the following resources:

Gender Transformative Education Brief: This brief aims to equip and empower stakeholders to examine, challenge, and change harmful gender norms and imbalances of power that advantage boys and men over girls and women. The development of this brief was done by Plan International, Transform Education, UNGEI and UNICEF Education are calling for this critical reset in education

Our call for gender-transformative education to advance climate justice: Back in 2021, this feminist youth-led statement of recommendations was primarily developed by Transform Education (hosted by United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative) including members: EmpoderaClima, Rise Up Movement; and Malala Fund fellows. It aimed to explain the current gaps in climate education and the value of a gender-transformative education with a common language.

Toward a Gender-Transformative Agenda for Climate and Environmental Action: Led by WEDO, The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development, The African Women’s Development and Communication Network, and FOS Feminista, this framework for policy outcomes launched in March 2022 for CSW66, outlines the necessary policy outcomes required to build an equitable and gender-transformative agenda for climate and environmental action.