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We are a Pan African ecofeminist alliance for climate justice and to advance women-centered, community-driven development alternatives. Visit us at www.womin.africa & subscribe to our monthly newsletter for regular updates - https://bit.ly/WoMinSubscribe

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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 15d

📰📢𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 🌍is out now!
We honour the voices, experiences and analysis of African women and communities on the frontlines of struggle for justice in all its forms✊.

Available in English & French.
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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 1h

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PRESS RELEASE: Mphanda Nkuwa Dam project in Mozambique: Green Colonialism Threatening Communities and the Zambezi River

Maputo/Paris/Berlin – October 15, 2025 Launch of the Report: “Without our land and river, we will starve” : Uncovering Green Colonialism in EDF, Sumitomo and TotalEnergies Hydroelectric dam Project…

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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 2h

🌍𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 5h

🌍𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧
Day 2 of the #R2SayNO - Tanzania Capacity Building Training
🌱 Co-convened by WoMin and HakiMadini, this is a vital space for women to connect, learn and strategise together.

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6h

🗣️ In our fight against the grabbing of our land, we women used to hold demonstrations while 🎶singing our traditional songs...We do all this to protect our land.

#RuralWomensDay 🌍 🌱 #ecofeminism
#RighttoSayNO✊ #FPIC

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 8h

🌍𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧
📑Read our 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑪𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒔: 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕
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#ruralwomensday #ecofeminist #ClimateJusticeNow #EnvironmentalJustice #DebtJustice #ClimateDebt

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 1d

🌍 Day 1 of the #R2SNO training in Tanzania brings together participants to deepen their knowledge on the Right to Say NO, create a national space for women to connect, strategise & strengthen women’s power on #FPIC and resistance strategies ✊

#R2SNO #FPIC #Mining #LandRights #Tanzania

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 2d

Lessons in Anti-Imperialist Resistance: From Cuba to Thomas Sankara & Assata Shakur

Date: Wed, 15 October
Time: 2pm Accra | 3pm Niamey | 4pm Jhb | 5pm Nairobi
Language: English, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili

Register here: forms.gle/vu5FkdT3Fu9x...

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 2d

🌍 Stop the harm! Cancel the debt! The IMF and World Bank leave a trail of debt and destruction across the Global South.

We demand justice, reparations, and a #JustTransition!
#StopTheHarm #CancelTheDebt #UNDebtConvention

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 3d

The inauguration of Cameroon’s Nachtigal dam has boosted the country’s electricity supply.

The dam’s construction has also led to loss of livelihoods for fishers and sand miners on the Sanaga River around the dam site.

Cameroon inaugurates controversial dam despite local dissent

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon — In the village of Ndji, old electrical cables are draped over rickety wooden poles, hanging so low in places, they touch the ground. These makeshift installations provide…

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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 5d

Makan x TNI - ‘Vietnam, Algeria, Palestine: Passing on the torch of the anti-colonial struggle’ - Online Lecture
Thurs, 16 Oct 2025 at 6-7pm (London time).
Register - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 5d

The Peoples and Nature Tribunal against the IMF & the World Bank invites you to participate in the Hearing on Water, Climate, and Energy 🌍
📅October 13 from ⏰8 - 11pm UTC.
Register to participate with simultaneous interpretation 👉https://bit.ly/AudienciaTribunalOct

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 5d

📢Le Tribunal des peuples et de la nature contre le FMI et la Banque mondiale vous invite à participer à la prochaine Audience sur l'eau, le climat et l'énergie, qui se tiendra le lundi 13 octobre, de 20h à 23h UTC. 🔗 bit.ly/AudienciaTri...

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6d

Behind the fanfare of the Africa Climate Summit, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline shows how neocolonial extraction still drives Africa’s energy future.
africasacountry.com/2025/10/ener...

Energy for whom?

Behind the fanfare of the Africa Climate Summit, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline shows how neocolonial extraction still drives Africa’s energy future.

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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6d

The landmark opinion confirmed that states have a binding legal duty to prevent climate harm and to protect human rights from the impacts of climate change. The ruling is likely to have far-reaching implications, including at the World Bank & other IFIs...
www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2025/10/inte...

International Court of Justice ruling delivers ‘earthquake’ on states’ obligations to address climate crisis

Landmark opinion confirms states have a binding legal duty to prevent climate harm, which has implications for their ‘voice and vote’ at IFIs.

www.brettonwoodsproject.org

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6d

Across the globe, from Argentina to Egypt and Pakistan, unjust debt and austerity policies imposed by powerful development banks – the International Monetary Fund and World Bank – are undermining democracy and fuelling authoritarianism.
act.debtjustice.org.uk/debt-democra...

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6d

In Africa, workers and local communities are bearing the brunt of human rights abuses related to the extraction of transition minerals.
www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/b...

Transition Minerals Tracker 2025: Africa - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

www.business-humanrights.org

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 6d

📖The 2025 Local Letters for Global Change contest is open! Learn more 👇
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Local Letters for Global Change: A Pulitzer Center Writing Contest

SECTIONS Contest GuidelinesResources for Teachers and StudentsSuggested Stories The 2025 Local Letters for Global Change contest is open! K-12 students: Make your voice heard this fall by writing a le...

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WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 7d

#Mozambique - Civil society organisations urgently warn financial institutions against supporting these projects given the high human rights, climate and environmental risks associated with them.
reclaimfinance.org/site/en/2025...

Civil society organisations condemn acceleration of gas projects in Mozambique - Reclaim Finance

Despite mounting security and human rights risks and unresolved community grievances, major oil and gas companies are rushing ahead with multibillion-dollar gas projects in Mozambique

reclaimfinance.org

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 8d

🌍📖𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒂𝒏-𝑨𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒄𝒐𝒇𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆❓
WLL participants from Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Uganda & South Africa reflected on this & more at the recent Pan-African Gathering.

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 8d

📢 Registration is open for the 2nd Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) online course!
This 5 month programme will guide participants through the essential elements of FPAR methodology.

Applications close October 10, 2025
Register 👇
www.fparacademy.com/pages/fpar-f...

WoMin African Alliance @wominafrica.bsky.social · 8d

Transition Minerals, Indigenous Rights & Biodiversity: Governance in Retreat and Pathways for Influence
📅 9 Oct 2025
⏰ 15:00–16:30 CEST
🌐 Online | Interpretation EN/ES/PT/FR/BH
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...