“What dominates our society – patriarchy, colonisation, racism and capitalism – is actually based on the power of the exploitation of women, lands and people of colour,” said Osprey Orielle Lake, founder and executive director of WECAN International, at COP26, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow (COP26).
She was speaking at a special session organised by the UN in which grassroots, frontline and Indigenous women leaders, and representatives from international climate justice organisations, came together to discuss struggles and solutions for climate justice.
Feminists and women can make a significant difference when it comes to “changing the current situation of emergency,” Orielle Lake stressed. “We need to accelerate the leadership and visibility of women, especially Indigenous, Black, Brown and grassroots ones.”
