Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)

Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO) As a global women’s advocacy organization, WEDO envisions a just world that promotes and protects

A global women’s advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers; to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.

08/05/2026

Who benefits from extraction and who loses? Who bears the social and environmental costs?

In our latest Critical Conversations, Diana Vela Almeida dives deep into the complexities of community consent, extractivism, and the ongoing fight for justice in Ecuador — and beyond.

From the frontlines of mining resistance to the global impacts of the energy transition, Diana explores feminist, decolonial, and grassroots perspectives on why community voices matter more than ever.

Watch the full interview for a powerful look at how communities are fighting for their right to self-determination, challenging the status quo, and reimagining what a just transition truly means:
wedo.org/conversations

Join us to see outstanding, data-driven projects tackling climate change, gender equality, and much more, featuring impa...
07/15/2026

Join us to see outstanding, data-driven projects tackling climate change, gender equality, and much more, featuring impactful stories from communities in India, Pakistan, Benin, Cameroon, and others. 🌍

Through an interactive session, in partnership with and Data4Change, the 2026 cohort of Gender and Environment Data Fellows will present their fellowship projects, insights, and experiences.

🗓️ When: July 23, 2026, at 8:00 AM EDT

Make sure to secure your spot. ⬇️

🔗 Register here: https://bit.ly/GEDAFellowsWebinar

We have co-signed this new report by ActionAid, Education International, and the Tax and EducationAlliance, that reveals...
07/02/2026

We have co-signed this new report by ActionAid, Education International, and the Tax and Education
Alliance, that reveals how the International Monetary Fund's rigid, one-size-fits-all approach to public spending continues to harm people living in poverty around the world.

The report reveals staggering double standards and calls out the empty rhetoric of change within the institution. The IMF is still essentially a debt enforcer that serves the interests of wealthy creditors over
people's lives, human rights, public services, and gender equality.

📄 Read the report: bit.ly/StillCooking

05/21/2026

We came back from Santa Marta, Colombia, after attending the first-ever Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference, with a lot to say.

The conference included three days of sectoral organizing, a People’s Summit gathering hundreds of civil society members, and two days of high-level dialogues with 57 governments. From centering care work in the just transition, to resisting false solutions, to amplifying Southern and Pacific leadership — feminists showed up and made our voices heard.

To ensure a just transition away from fossil fuels, we must honor hard-won frameworks, uplift frontline communities, and ensure this process is never seized by those who caused the crisis in the first place.

✨ Read our full reflections: https://wedo.org/resources/beyond-fossil-fuels-reflections-from-the-santa-marta-conference

05/14/2026

Our latest Critical Conversation explores the specifics of lithium, a mineral often referenced in critical minerals conversations — what it’s used for and what that use means — as well as how the politics around energy and extraction have changed in recent years.

▶️ Watch the full conversation with Thea Riofrancos, a political scientist and researcher whose work examines resource extraction, the global lithium sector, and the politics of the energy transition, at wedo.org/conversations.

05/01/2026

As the First Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels Conference in Santa Marta, Colombia wraps up, WEDO’s Sinéad Magner and Mara Dolan sit down to share a few reflections from the ground, including:

💭 How feminist just transition priorities like care are showing up in the dialogues
💭 How civil society and movements engaged, and who else is here influencing the space
💭 What advocates are looking towards as next steps

Stay tuned for more feminist analysis of the outcomes and commitments emerging from the conference.

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