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Equal Rights for Women is a major category, like energy or climate change, of sustainability and the voices in this collection are of the present and the past.

If we don't address human rights and social justice of which the sustainability keywords and phrases include children's rights and welfare; human trafficking, slavery, and women's rights and roles, then as David Korten points out, we will not be able to come to terms with the limits of the planet and not even technology will be able to save us.

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UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2025: Protecting Land, Rights, and Future Generations

May 01, 2025

On Earth Day, during the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, WECAN hosted "Protecting Land, Rights, and Future Generations: Indigenous Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action and Earth Defense." This event brought together Indigenous women leaders globally to share firsthand experiences of colonization and climate disruption, while highlighting powerful solutions.

They showcased strategies upholding Indigenous rights and sovereignty, bringing health and justice to communities. The event also honored women land defenders protecting ecosystems, often at great personal risk. Panelists discussed democracy, reciprocal economies, rights of nature, and Indigenous rights as vital ways forward for the world.

Women Leading a Just Transition - COP29 Press Conference
Women Leading Fossil Fuel Phaseout and A Just Transition - COP29 Press Conference
Indigenous Women from Brazil: Calls for Climate Action on the Road to COP30 - COP29 Press Conference
Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to the Climate Crisis - COP29 Press Conference
Osprey Orielle Lake Speaks Out at High-Level UN Event - October 26, 2021
Osprey Orielle Speaks at the Scottish Parliament during COP26 - 2021
Thilmeeza Hussain and Osprey Orielle Lake Conversation during Climate Week 2022
During this event, grassroots, Indigenous, Black, Brown, and frontline women and gender diverse l
Indigenous Women Upholding Indigenous Rights and Knowledge, and Leading Climate Solutions - UNPFII
WECAN Announcement: The Ponca Earthen Lodge Project for Food Sovereignty and Safe Harbor
Transforming Global Economies for People, Planet, and a Just Transition - Climate Week 2023
Women Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels and Leading a Just Transition - Climate Week 2023
How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis
During COP28, WECAN hosted a series of events highlighting the powerful voices of women leaders i
During COP28, WECAN hosted a series of events highlighting the powerful voices of women leaders i
Press Conference – Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action; COP28, Saturd
Press Conference – Accelerating Feminist Solutions to the Climate Crisis, Saturday, Decembe
Indigenous Women from North America Defending Biodiversity, Human Rights, and our Global Climate
Uplifting Women Human Rights Defenders and Advancing the Escazu Agreement
Women Leading Fossil Fuel Divestment and A Just Transition - COP27 Press Conference
Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action - COP27 Press Conference
Accelerating a Feminist Green New Deal - COP27 Press Conference
Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate Change - COP27 Side Event
Global Voices and Women-Led Calls to Action in Response to COP27
Rights of Nature is a Systemic Solution to the Climate Crisis - COP27 Press Conference
Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions - COP27 Press Conference
Women for Climate Justice Leading Protection of Water - Virtual Event March 2023
Women for Climate Justice - 2023
Press Conference– Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to the Climate Crisis; COP28, Wedne
JOIN US! Global Women's Assembly For Climate Justice, June 23-28, 2025
Women Parliamentarians for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty – Panel 18 of 25
On Fire! Youth Leading the Way – Panel 16 of 25
Divestment Movements & Transitioning Away From Fossil Fuels — Panel 15 of 25
Well Being Economies for People and Planet – Panel 14 of 25
Grounding Principles For Climate Justice, Rights, & Democracy with a Special Opening â€
Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America — Panel 12 of 25
Climate Finance for Climate Justice — Panel 5 of 25
Just Transitions — Panel 10 of 25
Regenerative and Just Energy For All – Panel 17 of 25
Women in Action for Climate Justice & a Just Transition: Path to COP30 & Beyond - Climate Week 2025
Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis | WECAN COP30
Women on the Frontlines of Climate Action | WECAN COP30 Press Conference
Women Leading Fossil Fuel Phaseout and a Just Transition | WECAN COP30 Press Conference
Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Protect Forests & Indigenous Rights | WECAN COP30 Press Conference
Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to the Climate Crisis | WECAN COP30 Press Conference
Global Voices and Women-Led Calls to Action in Response to COP30
Indigenous People's Day inside #COP30!
Closing plenary of COP30 -- Daniela Durán González, Colombian Minister
Indigenous women of Sarayaku Nurturing and Restoring the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest
Building a Healthy & Thriving Future: Food Sovereignty — Panel 7 of 25
The panel “Narratives Matter: Social Media And Stories As A Tool For Climate Action And Edu
The panel “Women For Forests: Protection & Reforestation: Part 1” was held on Mon
Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International's livestream
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 1
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 2
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 3
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 4
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 5
Global Women's Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond - DAY 6
What's Ahead: Collective Action for Climate Justice: Part 2 – Panel 25 of 25
Breakthrough Journalism: Strategies For Covering the Climate Crisis – Panel 23 of 25
Oceans, Freshwater, and Climate – Panel 20 of 25
The panel “Feminist Frameworks For Global Climate Justice” was held on Monday, June 2
The panel “Rematriating the Land: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Land Back Movement”
Women for Forests: Protection & Reforestation: Part 2 — Panel 11 of 25
Global Voices for Climate Justice in a Time of Uncertainty Panel 6 of 25
The panel “Healing Justice in the Climate Crisis: Restoring Mind, Body, and Spirit” w
What's Ahead: Collective Action for Climate Justice: Part 1 – Panel 24 of 25
Indigenous Women From Brazil on the Path to COP30 – Panel 22 of 25
Implementing the Escazu Agreement: Protecting Women Land Defenders and Nature – Panel 19 of 25
Rights of Nature as a Systemic Solution: Protecting & Defending the Places We Live – Panel 21 of 2
Global Voices and Women-Led Calls to Action in Response to COP28
The panel “No Greenwashing: Rejecting False Solutions to the Climate Crisis” was held
Women Leading Fossil Fuel Divestment and Resistance | Climate Justice Forum
Report Launch: The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry
Climate Week 2024: Women on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
Transforming Global Economies: From Extraction to Regeneration in a Just Transition
$Indigenous knowledge is a climate solution! At the epicenter of massive fracking in Oklahoma, Cas$
Indigenous knowledge is a climate solution! At the epicenter of massive fracking in Oklahoma, Cas
During this virtual event at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Indigenous you
¸Å’Å½Today on #EarthDay, WECAN is launching a new resource in the fight
COP28: Women Implementing Climate Justice Solutions to Mitigate and Adapt to the Climate Crisis.
How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis
Indigenous Women Rising to Stop Line 5 and Protect Water, Communities & Our Climate
Women Ending the Era of Fossil Fuels & Building a Just Transition
Calls for Action to End the Era of Fossil Fuels and Accelerate a Just Transition - IWD 2024
Stop Line 5 Petition Delivery in Washington DC - March 2024
Rebecca Solnit: Hopelessness is a luxury
#TeamITU: Maud Abaa on building an inclusive digital future
A!oracle a Day
Scenarios Forum Presentation by Osprey Orielle Lake
Report Launch: The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry
Lynn Margulis is the author of Mind, Life, and Universe, Dazzle Gradually, and Luminous Fish. In
Where do women stand in the workforce? Don't miss our "Women in the Workplace" 10-year annivers
Dr. Rim Belhassine-Cherif , Chair of NoW in ITU-T, Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, Tunisie T&
ITU SECRETARY-GENERAL VIDEO MESSAGE: Girls in ICT Day 2023
This year and every year, ITU and partners work together to inspire and encourage girls to pursue a
How women can save the planet | RSA Events
Business leaders around the world answer the important question: How do you nurture diversity in
Empowering Women and Youth in the Face of Emerging Technologies | Lesly Goh | TEDxBostonCollege
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming with Katharine Wilkinson
The new generation of women climate leaders
But where are you Really from? Resolving Unconscious Bias | Rehman Abdulrehman | TEDxWpg
What Gender Reconciliation Looks Like by Cynthia Brix
Women in the Workplace (2017) by Charlotte Relyea
The Butterfly Effect with Catharine MacKinnon
Tackling gender equality in the United Kingdom
Disrupting the Narrative: Unlocking Stories of Diversity in Tech
See the results from our LeanIn.Org and McKinsey Women in the Workplace 2015 survey - insights fr
State of Female Revolution by #GRITtv on International Women's Day
Science stories ? Equilibrium: Where are the women?
Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio
Connecting women and STEM: Ekemini Udofa at TEDxBaltimoreWomen
Looks Count: The Few Women in Science,Tech,Engineering and Math (STEM)
Dissecting the Diversity Problem: How Can Leadership Make an Impact in Tech?
A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton
Walk into any church or cathedral today and you might hear women singing, preaching, praying publ
Women's Economic Empowerment
Violence Strikes 1 in 3 Women Globally by Jeni G. Klugman
Emerging Women Live Conferences
Aisha's Song
President Jimmy Carter talks about his newly released book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Vi
Worklife and Friendship by Ruth Ann Barrett
Crowd sourcing the feminine intelligence of the planet: Jensine Larsen
How Bella Abzug changed credit laws
Gender & IDA: Fostering gender equality and empowerment
Gender Equality by the OECD
The Equality Effect
Women Deliver by Jill Sheffield
The Changing Power of Women by Gifty Pearl Abenaab of Ghana
Meet Luisa Daniel Pérez
Pro Mujer celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Jasmina is a Serbian author, feminist, political activist (Women in Black, Code Pink), translator
Equal Rights Agendment (ERA)
MDG - Women's independence through work. 7 billion Others [Spot #9 EN]
MC Human Rights Hall of Fame honored Dr. Bernice Sandler and in this interview she talks about he
Billie Jean King Congratulates Dr. Bernice Sandler
I'm Rising...by Ted Turner Laura Turner Seydel
I Am Rising a Union of Values by Herman Van Rompuy
On Stopping Violence Against Women: Adrian Dix
I Am Rising...by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Eve Ensler Extends Her Gratitude
Join Bay Area One Billion Rising Flash Mob in SF Feb. 14th!
1 Billion Rising - February 14, 2013
I Am Rising... by Nousha Salimi of Iran
"I Am Rising...Marta Coronado from Chicago, IL
I am Rising...Lily Tomlin
I am rising...Jessica Alba
About One Billion Rising Event on February 14, 2013
Nell Bernstein on the Successful Fight to Close Youth Prisons
COP26 Press Conference: Accelerating a Feminist Green New Deal
COP26 Press Conference: Indigenous Women Leaders Send Urgent Call to Action for the Amazon in Crisis
Women Rising for Climate Justice and Future Generations
Building Systemic Change: Frontline Women-Led Solutions for Climate Justice, March 24, 2022
Implementing the Escazú Agreement: Opportunities and Implications for Women Land Defenders
Women Leading Efforts to Uphold Indigenous Rights & Due Diligence with Financial Institutions
Women Leading Solutions for a Healthy and Just Planet, Stockholm+50 Event
Scenarios Forum Presentation by Osprey Orielle Lake
African Feminist Perspectives on COP27 and Beyond | WECAN Climate Justice Forum
COP26 Press Conference: Report Back from the Rights of Nature Tribunal in Glasgow
COP26 Press Conference: Women for Climate Justice Leading Solutions on the Frontlines of Climate

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