May 9, 2024 10:00am-11:00am | Climate Justice: Mapping Community Vulnerabilities and Crafting Strategies
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This roundtable discussion seeks to fuel a comprehensive global dialogue on the intricate impacts of climate change, with an emphasis on the most affected communities in the Global South. It focuses particularly on the experiences of marginalized, impoverished peoples, such as women and youth. The event brings together experts and stakeholders from around the globe, examining the multidimensional and unevenly distributed risks posed by climate change. The goal is to generate interdisciplinary approaches to significantly bolster climate resilience and justice. It also aims to heighten public awareness and expand advocacy efforts, equipping individuals and groups with the knowledge and tools necessary to address climate-related challenges and advocate for sustainable solutions effectively.
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Participant Bios
Laura Hellqvist is a doctoral student at SOAS, University of London, and consultant for the UN EMG, focusing on environment and human rights. Her work with organizations like UNEP, UN Women, and the ADB has enhanced global initiatives to integrate sustainability with gender and human rights.
Leah Anadon-Payud is resilience portfolio manager and women economic empowerment country program lead with OXFAM Philippines. She provides program management oversight on projects under women economic empowerment; disaster risk reduction & anticipatory action; financial inclusion and innovation; just energy transition. As program manager, she has proven capacity to work strategically with diverse, multicultural teams and multi-country programs. Has over twenty years of solid community organizing and program management experience with various thematic sector in development and humanitarian works. She is also the technical adviser for women economic empowerment at Oxfam.
Caroline N. Lentupuru, MBS, HSC, was appointed by the President of the Republic of Kenya in 2021 to serve as a Commissioner at the National Gender and Equality Commission. Ms. Lentupuru holds a graduate degree in international development and social change from Clark University, Massachusetts, USA and a BA in education from Moi University, Kenya. She is a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) specialist and a governance and intergovernmental relations advisor. At the Commission, she serves as the convener for minority & marginalized communities and regional offices coordination. Ms. Lentupuru also dedicates her time to give back to the community through various works of charity in aid of the less privileged in society. She is specifically volunteering to link development partners to the community to support livelihood interventions such as climate change adaptation strategies for example kitchen gardens and beekeeping for the rural women.
Sarine Karajerjian is the program director of the environmental politics program at the Arab Reform Initiative (ARI). Prior to working at ARI, she worked for 15 years at the American University of Beirut’s (AUB) Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs since the Institute’s inception. Her previous work covered strategic management, fundraising and outreach, and partnerships and grants management. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris and writing her dissertation on the exile and trauma of Syrian refugee women in Beirut. She holds a masters’ degree in environmental policy planning and a bachelor of science in environmental health from AUB.
Milyana Jackline is a senior program officer at Kefeado in Kenya. She a feminist “artivist” & policy development strategist with extensive experience in advocacy strategies, good governance, intersectional and intergenerational approaches regarding sexual reproductive health rights with girls and women with disability. Her engagement with the LBQ and ITGNC networks in the region has been critical in ensuring no one is left behind. She infuses art and sports to engage with young women and girls to speak on prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), climate justice, gender responsive budgeting in and out of learning institutions. She has led GESI analysis on women peace and security at the regional level receiving national recognition for her work. She is also a trainer on gender and development with a focus on inclusive practices through leadership, coaching and mentorship platforms.
Syeda Samara Mortada is a feminist activist, and a sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) expert currently serving as the coordination and partnerships analyst at UN Women in Bangladesh. She is also the co-founder of Bonhishikha-unlearn gender, that works towards achieving equality of genders across the spectrum by removing gender-based stereotypes, and in creating a platform for youth to share their gendered experiences. It uses arts as the main form to interact. Samara is an advocate of equal rights and bodily autonomy and contributes regularly to national and international dailies. She is a core organizer of the RageAgainstRape movement in Bangladesh, and core member of the coalition called Feminists Across Generations. Samara is an US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) fellow, and an Acumen Fellow, 2021. She also recently became a Dignified Menstruation fellow, 2023, working on menstruation rights as well as a Pleasure Fellow, working towards the intersections of sexual rights and pleasure for women.
The event is organized by Research on Interdisciplinary Global Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) and the Arab Reform Initiative.
It is co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, Earth and Environmental Science, Justice Studies, Religion and Sociology.
