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 […]
Story of the Gweja Soldier
Mary Joji I am a woman of Lirangwe, and since 2022 I have been an artisanal miner, a gweja soldier, as we are known. Before that, I was searching, thinking hard about how I would build a livelihood with no capital behind me. It was people from Ntcheu who first brought artisanal gold mining to […]
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 […]
Communities Defend their Resources and Rights
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 […]
Alternative Mining Indaba: Feminist Resistance to Extractivism
At the Alternative Mining Indaba, SHINE Collab and grassroots partners reaffirmed our rejection of exploitative extractive industries. Women disproportionately bear the burdens of poisoned lands, unpaid care, and deteriorating health. We uplift the voices of women who say “no” to extraction and “yes” to regeneration.