Host Organisation

International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP)

Description

The event will feature an engaging panel discussion with cross-sector representatives of Indigenous Women’s movement, the feminist climate justice advocates, and donor community to amplify the voices for making climate finance directly accessible to Indigenous Women .

Indigenous Women´s leadership in preserving ecosystems, managing natural resources, and implementing climate adaptation strategies is indispensable. Yet, they remain systematically marginalized and excluded from accessing resources. This exclusion results from multiple barriers, including structural inequalities, exclusion from decision-making spaces, and insufficient gender-responsive climate financial instrument. The climate finance mechanisms and climate philanthropy are ridden with complex bureaucracies, limiting the direct access of Indigenous Women. Without direct access to climate finance, Indigenous Women face significant challenges in scaling climate adaptation and mitigation efforts.

The recent study conducted by IFIP and FIMI shows that of the 28.5 Billion philanthropic grants given from 2016-2020 to supporting women and girls, only 392 million (1.4%) was allocated to organizations benefiting Indigenous Women. This evidences an unequal resource distribution towards Indigenous Women. As global climate financial needs continue to grow, there is a crucial need to address these structural barriers and making climate finance flow accessible.

Speakers

Lucy Mulenkei - ED, Indigenous Information Network

Eileen Mairena Cunningham - IPO Focal Point to the UNFCCC

Women and Gender Constituency (WGC) Rep - Women and Gender Constituency

Ursula Miniszewski - Global Greengrants Fund. Director of Gender and Equity

Kate Landon - ED, Ban Ki-moon Foundation

Languages

English, French, Spanish