Thread by @CJRFund, As a young feminist-led fund, @FRIDAfund supports independent, young & feminist-led narratives [...]

As a young feminist-led fund, @FRIDAfund supports independent, young & feminist-led narratives that highlight the community-based work of climate & environmental justice activism. Their Climate & Environmental Justice Media Fellowship creates space for these narratives.

In 2019, @FRIDAfund supported four Climate & Environmental Justice Media Fellowships. This thread features some of their stories.

Wangüi, a dancer and facilitator from Kenya, showed the resilience and wisdom of indigenous seed saving practices in her country. https://www.openglobalrights.org/indigenous-women-in-kenya-rebuild-resilience-amidst-an-eco-cultural-crisis/

Indigenous women in Kenya rebuild resilience amidst an eco-cultural crisis

In the face of growing climate change, indigenous women in Kenya are remembering and reinstating their native agricultural practices, to build resilience and reclaim their relationship to the land.

https://www.openglobalrights.org/indigenous-women-in-kenya-rebuild-resilience-amidst-an-eco-cultural-crisis/

Vanessa, a lawyer from Colombia, picked on the different legal strategies towards climate action led by a youth group in her country. https://www.openglobalrights.org/colombian-activists-use-music-and-art-to-call-for-climate-action/

Colombian activists use music and art to call for climate action

In Colombia, children and young people are finding different ways to raise awareness and stimulate action on climate change.

https://www.openglobalrights.org/colombian-activists-use-music-and-art-to-call-for-climate-action/

Beatrice, a field organizer from the Philippines, showed the insistence of youth activists in Thailand and the Philippines to push their governments to declare climate emergency is a political step to redefine a fair and equitable future for all. https://www.openglobalrights.org/the-asian-climate-emergency/

“Our house is on fire”: the Asian climate emergency

Declaring a climate emergency is not enough, but women activists in Asia are pushing for these declarations to send policy signals across every level of government.

https://www.openglobalrights.org/the-asian-climate-emergency/

Tarini, a young feminist filmmaker from India, featured a successful battle on communal land rights won over by Dalit women in nothern India. https://www.openglobalrights.org/learning-from-dalit-women-fighting-for-land-rights-in-punjab/

Learning from Dalit women fighting for land rights in Punjab

In Punjab—where about 32% of people are Dalit—Dalit women are fighting for the right to cultivate land, and they are winning.

https://www.openglobalrights.org/learning-from-dalit-women-fighting-for-land-rights-in-punjab/

You can read more about the @FRIDAfund's Climate and Environmental Justice Media Fellowship on their website: https://youngfeministfund.org/2020/05/harvesting-from-the-frida-climate-and-environmental-justice-media-fellowship/

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