Women Hold Up the Sky: African Women Rise for Climate Justice
13 September 2021 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm UTC+8
Film Screening & Panel
Organised by WoMin African Alliance
Moderator: Maggie H. Mapondera, WoMin African Alliance
Speakers:
Salomé Elolo, Femmes Solidaires (FESO), Democratic Republic of Congo
Medical Nziba, Siyaphakama Women’s Forum/Somkhele Women’s Group, South Africa
Beatrice Rukanyanga, Kwataniza Women Farmers Group, Uganda
Description: In this session, WoMin African Alliance screened their award-winning film, Women Hold up the Sky. Through the eyes and experiences of women impacted by coal, oil, and mega-infrastructure projects in South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Women Hold Up the Sky explores stories of resistance and communities in active struggle to take back control of their land, their rights, their bodies, and their lives. The screening was followed by a Q&A panel discussion with producers and activists/organisations featured in the film. Together with the audience, they reflected on the film’s themes as well as the process of making the film, and built analytical linkages, connections and solidarities with other communities and movements engaged in the same struggles for climate justice across Africa and around the world.
Watch the session in the video below, or click to view it on Youtube.