On 15th June 2023, the International Gender Champions Secretariat held it’s second Lunch and Learn event, focusing on the theme ‘Driving Radical Change: Reclaiming Ecofeminist Perspectives.’

Moderated by Cara Au, a master’s student in international development at the Geneva Graduate Institute currently interning at the International Gender Champions Secretariat, the event featured two speakers: Elise Buckle, Co-founder and CEO of SHE Changes Climate, and Stephen Bright Sakwa, Co-founder and Director of Bees and Trees in Uganda. They Shed light on the interconnectedness of environmental exploitation and the oppression of women and other marginalized groups, and how these intersect with other forms of oppression.