As women’s lives and well-being continue to be disproportionately impacted by ongoing violence, injustice and oppression, and as the Earth and her inhabitants suffer from the impacts of environmental degradation, interfaith peacebuilders are engaging these critical issues on a global and local scale.

This session will explore these issues through on-the-ground examples and invite participants into dialogue around strategies for women’s empowerment and environmental sustainability.

Justice for the Earth is justice for women.

- Sadhvi Bhagawat Saraswati

Moderator:

 Kiran Bali, MBE JP

 Chair of the URI Global Council of Trustees

Video Case Presentation

Introduced by

 Amira Diamond 

 Co-Founder of the Women’s Earth Alliance

 Co-Founder the Ripple Academy 

 Melinda Kramer

 Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth Alliance

 Co-Founder of the Ripple Academy

Panelists: 

 Despina Namwembe

 URI-Africa Great Lakes Regional Coordinator

 Sofia Painiqueo

 Mapuche Indigenous Leader and URI Trustee

 Founder of the Aflailai Foundation, a URI Cooperation Circle

 Swamini Adityananda Saraswati

 Director of Programs, Policy and Development of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA), a URI Cooperation Circle

 URI Trustee

 Monica Willard

 URI Representative to the United Nations in New York