Climate Justice and Gender Justice: An Essential Pairing to Get Resilience Right

May 5, 2021 | Molly Middlehurst and Tamar Eisen
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Young women activists from around the world have been leaders in the movement to combat climate change — organizing protests, rallies, strikes, sit-ins and lawsuits to fight for political and social change. As Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said in NDI’s Changing the Face of Politics podcast series, "It is a surprise to them to see young women coming up, and demanding for climate action. This is the norm of the society, but we, as young women, we have learned to go against what the society thinks is normal, because when we see that something is wrong, then we have to speak up to correct it."