Women and Climate Justice

Azadeh Khalili 

 

Connect with each individual during the first 15 minutes as people are arriving

Welcome

Language liberation

Honoring Indigenous people

 

5 minutes:

Intro: SAL/UER—Project of RC;

Expressing feelings and releasing emotions frees us from feelings that pull us down and frees up our thinking to better engage in the climate crisis.

 

2 minutes

Who is in the room?

Raise your hand if you are involved in the women’s movement or gender equity movement

Climate activists, working on climate change?

 

3 minutes

Paired listening introduction:  turn to your neighbor, who you are, where from, connection to climate change as a female or male?

 

20 minutes  -

Women and climate crisis

3 - 5 major points:

The climate emergency disproportionately impacts women and the essential work that we do.

  • Women have lower socioeconomic status and power than men, so disasters leave us worse off.
  • Multiple oppressions multiply the impact.
  • The climate crisis creates societal instability, which increases rape and other violence against women.
  • Women’s intelligence and understanding of the importance of relationships need to be at the center of climate solutions.
  • Sexism, male domination, and artificial divisions between white women and women of color are huge obstacles to ending climate change

 

6 minutes

Listening exchange:  3 minutes listening to your partner vent, then your turn.

 

15 minutes -

Panelist 1 – Personal story

Panelist 2 –African Heritage

Panelist 3 – Asian Chinese

Panelist 4 – Female, White, OC

Panelist 5 – Young woman, decision to have a child

 

6 minutes mini sessions

3 minutes on what you’ve heard, what resonates?

 

10 minutes

Tools of RC and Demo with a woman

We want women to be in the forefront of climate movement

What feelings do you run into if you try to be hopeful about bring this about?

 

5 minutes

If small enough group, some new thought you will go forward with.

If too big, 1 minute each with partner, what you will take away.


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