Shaping a Sustainable Future: Women's Activism For Environmental Justice

Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity. This year, International Women’s Day focused on highlighting the efforts of women and girls around the world to ensure a sustainable future for all. In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Sié Center's Inclusive Global Leadership Initiative (IGLI) and the Environmental Sustainability Initiative at the Korbel School of International Studies invited members of the IGLI network to discuss their activism and the role that grassroots activists and women’s movements have played in addressing the climate crisis and working towards environmental justice. Our panel discussed the links between environmental activism and other social justice movements.
Panelists: Olankike Olugboji - The founder of the Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE), a non-profit organization that advances grassroots women’s representation, active participation, and leadership in natural resource governance. Yevgeniya Chirikova - An environmental activist and founder of the Save Khimki Forest Movement, which organizes against environmental destruction and degradation, and corruption. She has also been credited with stimulating nationwide interest in political reform in Russia.