About Us
Rising Women Organization Is a grassroots environmental and climate justice organization rooted in the communities most impacted by climate change and other environmental injustices. We build women-led climate justice movements, mobilize women’s participation in decision-making spaces, and work toward dismantling power structures that perpetuate gender inequalities. Our mission is to raise awareness and advocate for the protection of the environment, health, families, and communities from the impacts of climate change and socio-environmental injustices.
Why Women?
Women are crucial in climate justice work in cities and municipalities because they are often the most affected by climate change and can be powerful changemakers:
- Climate justice recognizes the link between social justice and gender equality.
- Climate justice focuses on the needs of those most impacted by environmental degradation and natural disasters.
- Women are powerful changemakers.
We support women to play a key role in addressing the climate crisis by:
- Increasing their representation in decision-making processes.
- Adopting innovative and preventative measures.
- Leading in conservation and natural resource management.
- Empowering other women and girls to claim environmental rights.
- Developing gender-transformative approaches to legal and institutional processes.