Climate justice is inseparable from human rights, gender equality, and economic justice. The climate crisis threatens the housing, health, food, livelihoods, and safety that our movements work to protect. Yet LBQ women and gender-diverse people continue to face barriers to meaningful participation in climate decisions that affect their lives.
At ICA Foundation Kenya, we believe that lasting change requires communities to have collective power to shape priorities, influence decisions, and hold institutions accountable. Our movement building work centres feminist leadership, solidarity, and the right of marginalized communities to define and advance their own demands.
We recognize the connections between climate, feminist, and LGBTQ+ movements. Stronger relationships across these movements can deepen our understanding of shared struggles and strengthen collective demands for inclusive policies, equitable resources, and rights protection.
For us, meaningful participation means having influence over decisions and the resources needed to sustain that engagement. We seek a future where LBQ women and gender-diverse people are recognized as leaders whose knowledge and priorities help shape climate action at local, national, regional, and global levels.
Care, wellbeing, and safety are essential to this vision. Sustainable movements depend on people being able to organize, lead, and advocate with dignity, mutual support, and protection from violence and discrimination.