The women campaigners leading Australia's climate movement
Women's Agenda highlights the role of Australian women in the climate movement, emphasizing themes of care, kindness, and community justice. The series profiles activists like Varsha Yajman, who have dedicated years to demanding systemic change despite facing significant corporate and political pushback.
Why it matters
It sheds light on the often-unpaid and overlooked labor of women in climate activism, framing their work as essential to the broader environmental movement.
If you take a quick glimpse at the women across Australia who have been campaigning for climate action for years, and in some cases decades, there is an undeniable common theme.
Care, community and kindness are at the centre of everything they do.
Whether it is a young woman joining the School Strike 4 Climate movement for the first time, a bushfire survivor on the frontlines of disaster recovery, or a health profession pushing for better for her patients, a sense of justice and a duty to others is central to women campaigners.
In this series, Women’s Agenda is exploring the role of care, kindness and connection in Australia’s response to climate change – aspects that are typically overlooked and undervalued but often led by women.
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