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Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
The Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) is an international women's organization that is for protecting and defending the planet's environment. They employ various solutions in order to combat the climate crisis and the degradation of the environment, as well as deal with other socio-economic inequalities.

Activities/Involvement

 * 1) Women For Forests
 * 2) * Is an international project that involves the protection of forests and aims at shutting down harmful industries that are destroying the Earth's ecosystems and people's communities.
 * 3) ** Locations of Project: Amazon Rainforest, Democratic Republic of Congo, Tongass Rainforest Southeast Alaska
 * 4) Webinars and Online Training
 * 5) Divestment and New Economy
 * 6) * In order to combat fossil fuel extraction, WECAN is utilizing advocacy and resistant approaches to approach fossil fuel infrastructure and projects. The overall goal being to end fossil fuel extraction.
 * 7) Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations
 * 8) *The goal that WECAN has set for this program is to provide indigenous women a platform for them to speak on about environmental issues and also how indigenous and human rights have been and are effected in regards to climate change.
 * 9) Women for Food Sovereignty and Security
 * 10) * Through this program, WECAN is collaborating with women in order to provide and grow food for their communities admits climate change and other events. By creating plant nurseries and gardens, they spread the message of sustainability and move to solve the problems that accompany the climate crisis.
 * 11) Women for the Escazú Agreement
 * 12) * WECAN supports the Escazú Agreement, which is an initiative to solve environmental challenges and protects the rights of environmental defenders.
 * 13) Rights of Nature Advocacy
 * 14) * WECAN advocates for the rights of nature, which has to deal with environmental and social justice in account of the destruction of Earth's climate and the impact that it has on humans. This would also place responsibility on corporations and governments and would require them to acknowledge and hold accountability for what has happened to the Earth.
 * 15) WECAN Advocacy At U.N. Climate Forums
 * 16) * WECAN wants women to rise in leadership on climate change solutions.
 * 17) Covenings, Events and Actions
 * 18) The Feminist Green New Deal Coalition
 * 19) * In 2019, WECAN International co-founded a coalition of women’s rights and climate justice organizations in order to require that a female perspective and analysis must be added to the discussion on the Green New Deal.
 * 20) New Narratives, Media and Research
 * 21) * Through media, WECAN wants to shine a light on socio-ecological violence and inequality. They hope by sharing the tales of people who are struggling because of climate change will get more people to demand justice for the climate and those being directly impacted by it.
 * 22) Regional Climate Solutions Training
 * 23) * WECAN provides training on coming up with strategies like helping people's local socio-economical needs and coming up with solutions to the climate crisis.
 * 24) Frontline Communication Delegations
 * 25) U.S. Women’s Climate Justice Initiative
 * 26) Women’s Climate Action Agenda & Climate Declaration Advocacy

Objectives/Principles
The Women's Earth and Climate Action Network's main objective is to bring a new perspective to the climate change discussion that would include women in the discussion.

The principles or rights that WECAN stand by:


 * The rights of Women
 * The rights of Nature
 * The rights of Indigenous People
 * The rights of Future Generations

Allied Organizations

 * Safeco
 * Hero Women Rising
 * The Women’s Global Call for Climate Justice
 * Heinrich Böll Stiftung
 * Global Gender and Climate Alliance
 * American Renewable Energy Day
 * Amazon Watch
 * Navdanya
 * Regenerative Design Institute
 * Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
 * National Wildlife Federation
 * WECF
 * Women's Environment and Development Organization
 * Transition United States
 * Maldivian Youth Climate Network
 * Social Venture Network
 * Renewables 100 Policy Institute
 * Salish Sea Trading Cooperative
 * Sustainable Obtainable Solutions
 * Camlead
 * Great Old Broads for Wilderness
 * Climate Mama
 * Rachel’s Network
 * One Billion Rising
 * Nobel Women’s Initiative
 * Women’s Earth Alliance
 * World Pulse
 * Women in Solar Energy
 * 1Million Women
 * Reacción Climatica
 * Womin
 * Global GreenGrants Fund
 * Solar Sister
 * Mom's Clean Air Force
 * Earth Guardians
 * Grassroots Global Justice Alliance
 * Madre
 * It's Time Network
 * The Democracy Center
 * Energy Action Coalition
 * Rainforest Action Network
 * Tree Sisters
 * Elders Climate Action
 * Earth Spark International
 * Women's Ecopeace