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Sep 6
5 min

WECAN at Climate Week in New York City 2022

As the world prepares for COP27 during the UN General Assembly and Climate Week in September, global climate justice movements are...

May 31
1 min

Stockholm+50 Recommendations: Promoting Women's Leadership & Solutions for a Healthy & Just Planet

In the lead up to Stockholm+50, The Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN) International is releasing a set of recommendations...

Apr 5
2 min

WECAN Executive Director Responds to the Working Group III IPCC Report

On April 4, 2022 latest report by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III was published. The report...

Feb 25
2 min

WECAN Statement in Solidarity with Ukraine

WECAN is heartbroken and outraged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the Ukrainian people whose very lives...

Nov 21, 2021
40 min

Despite Government Failures at COP26, Peoples' Movements Continue Rising to Transform our World

“It’s not a fight for the future, it’s a fight for the present.” Helena Gualinga, Kichwa Youth Climate Activist from Sarayaku in the...

Aug 10, 2021
6 min

We Must Act Now: WECAN Responds to the Latest IPCC Report

As climate-fueled forest fires, floods, and heat waves decimate communities and ecosystems the world over, the newly released report by...

May 26, 2021
13 min

Over 300 Groups Call for President Biden to take Presidential Action to Stop the Line 3 Pipeline

May 26, 2021 President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden, With renewed urgency, as...

Nov 9, 2020
4 min

WECAN Responds to the 2020 U.S. Election: Building the Healthy and Just World We Seek

Like the majority of U.S. citizens and people around the world we are relieved and celebrating the win of newly elected President Joe...

Nov 1, 2020
4 min

Timeline of The WECAN Tongass Women for Forests Campaign

October 2020 - the USDA releases it's Final Ruling to Rollback Roadless Rule Protections in the Tongass Forest On October 23, 2020, at...

Feb 10, 2020
12 min

WECAN Act Now: Report Backs and Calls to Action from the WECAN International Network Wide Call

As we move into a new decade and welcome a new year, we are reminded of the power and magnitude of women and feminist globally who are...

Dec 20, 2019
25 min

People Power Rises for Climate Justice at COP25: WECAN International Analysis & Reflection

In the era of Climate Emergency, we must be unwavering in our honesty and our fierce dedication to call for justice and action to halt a tra

Oct 8, 2019
3 min

STATEMENT: Amazon Women Defenders Urge President Lenin Moreno to Respect Human Rights

STATEMENT: Amazon Women Defenders Urge President Lenin Moreno to Respect Human Rights During the Strike and to Listen to the People Puyo,...

Jun 3, 2019
2 min

WECAN International Pledges to Join the Global Climate Strike on September 20th

WECAN International is heeding the call of millions of youth leaders around the globe and we hope that you will join us in raising our voice

May 3, 2019
4 min

Women for Forests - 2019 Online Training Recap & Resources

'Women for Forests' was presented on April 3, 2019 as part of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network series of WECAN Online...

Dec 29, 2018
22 min

WECAN International Analysis and Reflection on COP24 Poland Climate Talks

“We have not come here to beg the world leaders to care for our future. They have ignored us in the past and they will ignore us again....

Oct 31, 2018
2 min

Canadian Boreal Forests

WECAN International became involved in protection of the Canadian Boreal Forests through collective work to stop the Tar Sands Keystone...

Oct 15, 2018
20 min

WECAN International Report-Back From GCAS and Peoples Movement Actions, September 2018

“We are speaking out on behalf of a growing movement of diverse women for global climate justice. We are speaking out in recognition of...

Mar 2, 2018
4 min

[Training Links & Resources] Indigenous Women On The Frontlines: Report Backs & Calls To Action

‘Indigenous Women On The Frontlines: Report-Backs & Calls To Action’ was presented on February 27th, 2018 as part of the Women’s Earth...

Nov 21, 2017
21 min

COP23 Response - We Will Not Negotiate On Mother Earth And Our Communities

As part of the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted in...

Nov 17, 2017
4 min

WECAN With Mirian Cisneros, President of the Pueblo of Sarayaku, Ecuador During UN Climate Talks

While in Bonn, Germany for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP23 climate negotiations, the Women’s...

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