The urgency to transition away from fossil fuels is being misused to justify new extractivism. In lithium-rich areas like Bikita, Zimbabwe, governments and corporations are pursuing “green” extraction that displaces communities and disregards Indigenous land rights.

Together with the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), SHINE is amplifying women’s voices in Bikita who declare: “This is not the transition we want.”