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Feminist Climate Justice: African Women’s Leadership in Action Women's Rights
June 27, 2025 Africa

Feminist Climate Justice: African Women’s Leadership in Action

The urgent mission to reshape climate narratives in Africa advocates for portraying women as active change-makers rather than victims. Journalists gathered in Benin aim to elevate African women’s leadership and solutions in climate reporting, addressing the disconnection between reality and representation. The prevailing victim narrative undermines their agency, innovative capacity, and contributions. A feminist lens is essential for accurate storytelling, recognizing systemic inequalities while highlighting women’s resilience and indigenous knowledge. By utilizing a pan-African approach, media can unite efforts for climate justice, amplifying marginalized voices and emphasizing the interconnectedness of climate issues with broader social justice themes, thus driving transformative change.

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From Injustice to Empowerment: Women Leaders Network for Development (RFLD) Message for World Social Justice Day Climate Justice
February 20, 2024 Africa

From Injustice to Empowerment: Women Leaders Network for Development (RFLD) Message for World Social Justice Day

On World Social Justice Day, RFLD demands action against the injustices faced by women and girls in Sub-Saharan Africa. From economic exclusion and brutal gender-based violence to harmful practices and sexual exploitation, these women face a daily struggle. RFLD calls for amplifying their voices, dismantling discriminatory systems, empowering them economically, holding perpetrators accountable, and promoting positive social change.

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For funders and partnersPour les bailleurs et les partenaires

Fund the women who defend rights in Africa, nowFinancez maintenant les femmes qui défendent les droits en Afrique

Aid to women’s organisations is falling. RFLD moves funding fast to women-led organisations and defenders, in French and English, through a network of 1,143 member organisations in more than 35 African countries.L’aide aux organisations de femmes recule. Le RFLD achemine vite les financements vers les organisations de femmes et les défenseures, en français et en anglais, grâce à un réseau de 1 143 organisations membres dans plus de 35 pays africains.

RFLD currently serves as Co-Chair of the SEA-T Programme Advisory Council, mandated to ensure the programme’s direction, priorities, and resources are meaningfully aligned with the visions of African women-led civil society. The SEA-T Programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.Le RFLD assure actuellement la coprésidence du Conseil consultatif du programme SEA-T, chargé de veiller à ce que l’orientation, les priorités et les ressources du programme soient réellement alignées sur les visions de la société civile africaine portée par les femmes. Le programme SEA-T est financé par le ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ) et mis en œuvre par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. See the partnershipVoir le partenariat

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  • 35+African countriespays africains
  • N°553ACHPR observer statusstatut d’observateur CADHP
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