Day 5 - Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, September 29, 2021

On Day 5 of the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice we opened with a special performance by Dr. Julia Kim, whose violin set the stage as we discussed models for feminist care economies. Following we heard how the global community from Japan to Argentina are resisting the fossil fuel industry and protecting their waters. We concluded the day learning about the recently codified Rights of Nature and the Indigenous-led landback movement, Indigenous Sovereignty, and rematriation of Indigenous lands and territories. ------- From September 25-30, 2021, WECAN hosted the “Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and Nature,” a six-day, virtual, gender diverse public forum, which took place in parallel to the UN General Assembly. Please see the schedule for Day 5, September 29, 2021 below: 1:00 PM — SPECIAL OPENING: DR. JULIA KIM Musical Performance by Dr. Julia Kim, Program Director, Gross National Happiness (GNH) Centre, Bhutan and Opening Comments by Osprey Orielle Lake, Assembly Convener, Executive Director, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA 1:10 PM — FEMINIST AND CARE ECONOMIES FOR PEOPLE AND PLANET Speakers include: Titi Soentoro | Executive Director, Aksi! for gender, social and ecological justice, Indonesia; Dr. Julia Kim | Program Director, Gross National Happiness (GNH) Centre, Bhutan; Rauna Kuokkanen (Sápmi) | Research Professor of Arctic Indigenous Studies, The University of Lapland, Finland; Jackie Fielder (Two Kettle Lakota and Hidatsa) | Co-founder, San Francisco Public Bank Coalition, USA; Dr. Shalini Grover | Research Fellow for Global Economies of Care, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, United Kingdom; Irene HongPing Shen | Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED), USA 2:25 PM — LEADING FOSSIL FUEL RESISTANCE AND PROTECTING WATER Speakers include: Kanahus Manuel (Secwepemc and Ktunaxa) | Tiny House Warriors, Canada; Moira Ivana Millán (Mapuche and Weychafe) | Founder and Coordinator, Indigenous Women's Movement for Good Living, Argentina; Tania Aubid (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe) | Water Protector fighting to stop the Line 3 Pipeline, USA; Mie Asaoka | President, Kiko Network, Japan; Simone Senogles (Anishinaabe) | Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator, Leadership Team, Indigenous Environmental Network, USA 3:40 PM — RIGHTS OF NATURE: PROTECTING AND DEFENDING THE PLACES WE LIVE Speakers include: Shannon Biggs | Co-Founder, Movement Rights, USA; Jacinta Ruru (Maori, Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui) | Faculty of Law, University of Otago, New Zealand 4:25 PM — REMATRIATING THE LAND: INDIGENOUS SOVEREIGNTY AND THE LAND BACK MOVEMENT Speakers include: Jade Begay (Diné / Tesuque Pueblo) | Climate Justice Campaign Director, NDN Collective, USA; Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone) | Co-Founder and Co-Director, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, USA; Moderation and Comments by Nadya Tannous (Palestinian) | LANDBACK Organizer, NDN Collective ------- During the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice 100+ grassroots indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline women and gender-diverse leaders, global advocates, and policy makers joined together in solidarity to speak out against environmental and social injustice, draw attention to root causes of multiple interlocking crises, and present the diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks and strategies with which to shape and build a health and equitable world. As part of the Assembly, WECAN delivered a Call to Action to governments and financial institutions, signed by over 120 organizations, representing millions of people worldwide. Learn more here: https://www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly