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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/
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/
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/
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/
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/
