USA – On Thursday, September 12, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) will release the fourth edition of the report, “The Gendered and Racial Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry in North America and Complicit Financial Institutions.” From rising cancer rates to escalating violence, the report details the numerous disproportionate health and safety risks and impacts women in all their diversity are experiencing due to fossil fuel extraction, which is also perpetuating Indigenous and human rights violations.

During the report launch event, frontline women leaders, health experts, and advocates will share key points from the report, their first-hand experiences, and call for accountability from financial institutions to take action to halt fossil fuel financing and consider the serious health and safety impacts for Black, Brown, Indigenous and low-income communities in North America, who are experiencing these egregious harms. Speakers will also share recommendations from the report for financial institutions to move toward accountability and a just transition.

WHEN: September 12, 2024 at 1:00 PM Eastern Time

WHERE: Virtual launch, register here.

WHO:

• Roishetta Sibley Ozane M.S., Founder of Vessel Project of Louisiana and Gulf Fossil Finance Coordinator,  Louisiana

• Rene Ann Goodrich (Bad River Ojibwe), Native Lives Matter Coalition and Wisconsin Department of Justice Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Task Force Member, Wisconsin

• Casey Camp Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Oklahoma

• Patricia Garcia-Nelson (Oraricha Tribes of Mexico and the Chichimeca), Colorado Fossil Fuel Just Transition Advocate for Green Latinos, Northern Colorado

• Sharon Lavigne, Founder of RISE St. James, 2021 Goldman Prize Winner, Louisiana

• Antonia Juhasz, Investigative Journalist, author, lecturer, Washington, DC

• Dr. Nneoma Nwachuku Ojiaku, MD, MPH Obstetrician-Gynecologist, Climate Health Now

• Osprey Orielle Lake, Report Author, and Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

Learn more about the report and launch event: https://www.wecaninternational.org/divestment-report

If you are interested in more information or an embargoed copy of the report contact:

Katherine Quaid, katherine@wecaninternational.org