Ale Pinto Mexico
I am a woman of Yucatecan maize, a young Mexican activist and feminist dedicated to defending the land. I enjoy engaging with the land, meeting new people, and learning from them.
Above: “The government and San Gerardo pollute,” says this sign found in Santa María Chi, Mexico. Photography: Aurora Rubio
“The liberation of the Earth, the liberation of women, the liberation of all humanity is the next step of freedom we need to work for, and it’s the next step of peace that we need to create”. Vandana Shiva
Since 2019, Amos Trust has been having conversations and learning more from women climate justice activists in the UK and worldwide.
We’ve been exploring the importance of women-led and feminist models of leadership. We know so many young women are already taking the lead, and we want to partner with them to amplify the conversation.
At COP26 in November 2021 and during the months that followed, we spoke to several young female climate activists from the Global South, many of whom have kept in touch with one another via social media. They have expressed that their solidarity, spanning thousands of miles, inspires them to make a change in their communities.
They were enthusiastic about more connection and a more structured opportunity to connect in solidarity and collaboration, which led to the development of the Amos Trust Climate Fellowship.
This project aims to support female climate activists across the Global South by building solidarity, strengthening their network, amplifying their voices, and financially supporting the participants in the work they are doing in their communities as they pursue climate justice.
Climate Fellowship Cohort 2024/25
Climate Justice
Camila Jaber Mexico
I’m 28-years-old, born on the Gulf of Mexico and raised in the Caribbean. I studied a degree focused on water resources, but I found my community and my path in collective activism, supporting territorial defence in the Yucatán Peninsula from an urban perspective.
Climate Justice
Lucía Ixchiu Guatemala
I am a Maya K’iche’ woman, part of one of Guatemala’s largest Indigenous groups. I am an artist, cultural manager, singer, community journalist, and architect, born in Totonicapán, Guatemala. As a pioneer in art and the climate crisis (since 2012), I have been an activist in art and culture since the age of 11.
Climate Justice
Mitzy Cortés Mexico
I am a Mixtec woman (an Indigenous group from the Oaxaca region of Mexico) from Tecomaxtlahuaca, Oaxaca. I am part of the Indigenous Futures Network and Kueñaá Ña’a Tsika Mujeres que Caminan, where I work alongside Indigenous women and youth to defend our territories and bodies.
Climate change is a justice issue
Those who have the least political and economic power, and the least responsibility for the changing climate, are affected the most.
CEPAD
We partner with CEPAD in Nicaragua to empower seven communities in Teustepe with the skills, knowledge and community resilience required to address their own problems.
Once In A Lifetime
A short social-friendly snippet from Amos Trust’s Once In A Lifetime climate justice summit in Cambridge when we were joined by climate activists, thinkers and doers.
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