The Eco-Feminist Energy Justice Project — Temwanani Banda, Blantyre, Malawi
I am one of the women this project was built for. The Eco-Feminist Energy Justice project is run by the Get Together Youth Organization, working alongside other civil society groups under the Zingwangwa Youth Network, with funding and support from SHINE Collab. It exists because in Blantyre District, where I live, between 85 and 95 […]
Women, Land and the Struggle for a Just Transition
First Story of the Gweja Soldier — Gladys Makuya I am a widow, and I live with my 8-year-old son. When my husband passed, the responsibility of the household fell on me alone: feeding a child, keeping a roof over our heads, finding school fees. There was no one else to carry this. So, when […]
24 Hours That Made Women’s Invisible Work Visible
Women participating in the Artisanal Mining and Critical Minerals Gathering mapped a full 24 hours of their lives, documenting time spent on mining, farming, childcare, household work, food preparation, community responsibilities and rest. The exercise made visible how livelihoods and unpaid care are intertwined—and why women’s time and care responsibilities matter when designing just transition […]
Reparations & Resilience: Responding to the African Union’s 2025 Theme
The African Union’s 2025 theme, “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent through Reparations,” offers a critical opening for our movements. Reparations are not only about redressing past injustices—they are a demand for structural repair, rooted in community wisdom and self-determination. We call on all climate and feminist actors across the continent to embrace […]
Neither Land nor Women are Territories of Conquest: GIMAC 2025
This year’s Gender is My Agenda Campaign (GIMAC) centered on extractive activity in the Global South. The plundering of land cannot be separated from the violations on women’s bodies. Energy and mining industries embody how patriarchy and neo-liberal capitalism exploit women and the environment alike. A just transition cannot coexist with plunder. It must be […]
Africa Energy Summit: Centring Decentralised, People-Powered Solutions
At Mission 300 in Dar es Salaam, stakeholders discussed expanding the energy grid to reach 300 million people by 2030. While we welcome commitments to energy access, we question who benefits and at what cost. Grid expansion must not be framed through a profit-first lens.We call for community-controlled, decentralized renewable energy—particularly for women in rural […]