
GLOBAL WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
— SPEAKERS —

Alejandra Helbein
Women and Territory Program, Urgent Action Fund
Colombia

Alexandra Narvaez (Sinangoe)
Kofan Leader
Ecuador

Amy Goodman
Host and Executive Producer, Democracy Now
USA

Andrea Ixchíu Hernández (Maya K’iche’)
Journalist, Filmmaker, Land Protector
Guatemala

Andrea Sanhueza
Public Representative for the Escazú Agreement
Chile

Antonia Juhasz
Author, Investigative Journalist, Analyst
USA

Aya M Rahil Naseem
Marine Biologist, Co-founder and Vice President of the Maldives Coral Institute
Maldives

Bhumika Muchhala
Decolonial and Feminist Political Economist, and Political Economist & Policy Analyst, Third World Network
USA

Bindu Bhandari
En-ROADS Climate Ambassador, Climate Interactive
Nepal

Brianna Fruean
Samoan Climate Change Activist, Pacific Climate Warriors
New Zealand

Bridget Burns
Executive Director, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
USA

Carmen Capriles
Founder, Reacción Climática, and Coordinator for Latin America, WECAN
Bolivia

Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation)
Environmental Ambassador, and Board Member, WECAN
USA

Charlene Aleck (Tsleil Waututh Nation)
Elected Councillor for Tsleil Waututh Nation
Canada

Cindy Wiesner
Executive Director, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance (GGJ) and Grassroots Global Justice Action Fund (GGJAF)
USA

Colette Pichon Battle, Esq.
Executive Director, Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
USA

Corrina Gould (Lisjan Ohlone)
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Sogorea Te’ Land Trust
USA

Dalia Fernanda Márquez Añez
Founder, Juventud Unida en Acción (JUENA)
Venezuela

Desirae Harp (Mishewal Wappo)
Run4Salmon Prayer
USA

Dessima Williams
Grenadian Diplomat and Former Ambassador to the United Nations
Grenada

Devi Anggraini
President, PEREMPUAN AMAN
Indonesia

Diana Duarte
Director of Policy and Strategic Engagement, MADRE
USA

Dipti Bhatnagar
International Program Coordinator for Climate Justice and Energy, Friends of the Earth (FoE) International
Mozambique

Dr. Adrienne Hollis PhD, JD
Principal and Founder, Hollis Environmental Consulting
USA

Dr. Aytakin Asgarova (Talysh)
Founder, IndiGenius Global LLC
Azerbaijan

Dr. Jane Goodall
Humanitarian, Scientist, Conservationist, and Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace
United Kingdom

Dr. Julia Kim
Program Director, Gross National Happiness (GNH) Centre
Bhutan

Dr. Shalini Grover
Research Fellow for Global Economies of Care, International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London, United Kingdom

Eriel Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation)
Executive Director, Indigenous Climate Action
Canada

Ernestine Leikeki
Founding Member, Board Chair, and Women Empowerment Officer, Cameroon Gender and Environment Watch (CAMGEW)
Cameroon

Eugenia Vigil Escalera
Field Team, Social and Economic Development of Indigenous Mexicans (DESMI), Chiapas
Mexico

Fadoua Brour
Co-Coordinator for the Middle East/North African Region, WECAN
Morocco

Hannah Greep
Human Rights Campaigner, BankTrack
Netherlands

Helena Gualinga (Kichwa)
Climate and Indigenous Rights Youth Activist
Sarayaku, Ecuador

Hilda Heine
Senator and Former President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands

India Logan-Riley (Ngāti Kahungunu,Rongomaiwahine, Rangitāne)
Co-Founder, Te Ara Whatu, and Climate Justice Advisor, Action Station
New Zealand

Irene HongPing Shen
Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED)
USA

Isis Alvarez
Colombian Biologist and Senior Gender Advisor and Unsustainable Livestock Campaign Coordinator, Global Forest Coalition (GFC)
Colombia

Jacinta Ruru (Māori, Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui)
Faculty of Law, University of Otago
New Zealand

Jackie Fielder (Two Kettle Lakota and Hidatsa)
Co-Founder, San Francisco Public Bank Coalition
USA

Jacqui Patterson
Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
USA

Jade Begay (Diné / Tesuque Pueblo)
Climate Justice Campaign Director, NDN Collective
USA

Jennifer Wickham (Gidimt’en, Cas Yikh)
Media Manager for Gidimt'en Checkpoint
Canada

Jody Williams
Nobel Peace Laureate, and Co-Founder, Nobel Women’s Initiative
USA

Josefina Skerk (Sami)
Advocate for Sami rights and Former Vice President of the Sami Parliament
Sweden

Justin Winters
Co-Founder and Executive Director, One Earth
USA

Kahea Pacheco (Kanaka 'Ōiwi)
Co-Director, Women's Earth Alliance (WEA)
USA

Kanahus Manuel (Secwepemc and Ktunaxa)
Tiny House Warriors
Canada

Kandi White (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara)
Native Energy & Climate Campaign Director, Indigenous Environmental Network
USA

Kari Ames (Tlingit)
Indigenous Representative in the Tongass Forest, Alaska, WECAN
USA

Karina Gonzalez
Women Speak Programs Coordinator, WECAN
USA

Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner
Poet, Performance Artist, Educator, and Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands

Kisha Muana
Ocean Campaigner, Biologists, Researcher, Greenpeace Philippines
The Philippines

Leila Salazar-López
Executive Director, Amazon Watch
USA

Leonida Odongo (Luo Community)
Coordinator, Haki Nawiri Afrika
Kenya

Lucy Mulenkei (Maasai)
Executive Director, Indigenous Information Network
Kenya

Margaret Kwateng
National Green New Deal Organizer, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
USA

Mary Robinson
Former President of Ireland
Ireland

María Luisa Rafael (Quechua)
Human Rights and Environmental Activist
Bolivia

Maude Barlow
Founding Member, Council of Canadians and Co-Founder, Blue Planet Project
Canada

Melanie Allen
Co-Director, Hive Fund
USA

Michelle Cook (Dine'/Navajo)
Human Rights Lawyer, and Founder, Divest Invest Protect
USA

Mie Asaoka
President, Kiko Network
Japan

Mitzi Jonelle Tan
Convenor and International Spokesperson, Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP)
The Philippines

Moira Ivana Millán (Mapuche and Weychafe)
Founder and Coordinator, Indigenous Women's Movement for Good Living
Argentina

Monica Atkins
Co-Executive Director, Climate Justice Alliance (CJA)
USA

Monique Verdin (Houma Nation)
Director, The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange, and Indigenous Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator, WECAN
USA

Nadya Tannous (Palestinian)
LANDBACK Organizer, NDN Collective

Naomi Klein
Award-winning Journalist and New York Times Bestselling Author
Canada

Natalie Isaacs
Founder, One Million Women
Australia

Neema Namadamu
Founder, Synergy of Congolese Women’s Associations (SAFECO), and Democratic Republic of Congo Coordinator, WECAN
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nina Simons
Co-Founder & Chief Relationship Strategist, Bioneers
USA

Niria Alicia
UN Young Champion of the Earth 2020, Run4Salmon Prayer
USA

Noelene Nabulivou
Co-Founder and Director, DIVA for Equality
Fiji

Olasimbo Sojinrin
Nigeria Country Director, Solar Sister
Nigeria

Osprey Orielle Lake
Founder and Executive Director, Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International
USA

Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa)
Indigenous Leader from Sarayaku, and Spokeswoman, Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva
Ecuador

Patricia Madrigal Cordero
Former Vice-Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Rachel Ramirez
Climate Writer, CNN
USA

Rauna Kuokkanen (Sápmi)
Research Professor of Arctic Indigenous Studies, University of Lapland
Finland

Rita Uwaka
Forest & Biodiversity Program Coordinator, Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA)
Nigeria

Rosa Moiwend
Member of the Malind Anim tribe from Merauke, West Papua, and Co-Founder, Make West Papua Safe Campaign (MWPS), Feminist and Human Rights Defender (she/her)
West Papua, New Guinea

Rosanna Esparza
Community Organizer and Environmental and Public Health Researcher
Kern County California/USA

Rosario Diaz Garavito
Founder and CEO, The Millennials Movement
Peru

Ruth Nyambura
Kenyan Activist with African Ecofeminist Collective
Kenya

Ruth Spencer
Deputy Chair, Marine Ecosystems Protected Areas (MEPA) Trust
Antigua and Barbuda

Ruth Łchav’aya K’isen Miller (Curyung Tribe of Dena’ina Athabaskan)
Climate Justice Director, Native Movement
USA

Sandile Ndelu
Interim Co-Manager, Communications and Advocacy Lead at FRIDA Fund
South Africa

Sascha Gabizon
Executive Director, Women Engage for a Common Future (WECF)
Netherlands

Shannon Biggs
Co-founder, Movement Rights
USA

Sharon Lavigne
2021 Goldman Prize Recipient, and Founder, Rise St. James
USA

Silvia Ribeiro
Latin America Director, ETC Group
Mexico

Simone Senogles (Anishinaabe)
Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator, Leadership Team, Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)
USA

Sunita Narain
Director General, Centre for Science and Environment
India

Suzanne Singer (Diné)
Director, Native Renewables
USA
