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width=1 height=1> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Aurat March on
March 8 in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: Aurat March Karachi</SPAN></P>
<P>Sunday was <STRONG>International Women’s Day</STRONG>, and despite
coronavirus restrictions in some countries many women took to the streets
elsewhere in <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191360?t=5&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">spectacular
marches around the world</A> to demand gender equality. To mark the day in
this Fossil Free News, we’re naming and celebrating powerful women in the
climate justice struggle.</P>
<P>Behind every victory – including all the <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191361?t=6&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">wins
pouring in over the past few weeks</A> – women organizers are building
strong movements with leadership, strategy, and compassion.</P>
<P>Take <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191362?t=7&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">Raya
Ahmed from Lamu, Kenya</A>, who fought to stop a coal plant that would’ve
devastated the coastal community. She spoke to us about women’s
stewardship of nature, and resilience in the face of threats from climate
impacts and displacement from fossil fuel infrastructure. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191363?t=8&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">Watch
the video interview:</A></P>
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<P>In Turkey, local leader Tayyibe Demirel just <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191364?t=10&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">won
a new court case</A> against the expansion of an open-pit coal mine
towards her village. She’s a big part of <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/102150?t=11&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">No
Coal Muğla</A>, a local movement to stop coal expansion and battle
pollution in this beautiful area in Western Turkey.<BR><BR>“We’ve been
living in these lands for 300 years. Our only demand is to not be poisoned
and forcefully displaced. Our struggle hasn’t ended – it’s only just
beginning. So far we’ve done 50 actions, and if necessary we’ll do 500
more," she says.</P>
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width=1 height=1><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tayyibe Demirel holds a
banner saying “Break free from coal, save the climate!” </SPAN></P>
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Case You Missed It</H1>
<P><STRONG>Climate strike:</STRONG> In Brussels last Friday, thousands
marched through the EU quarter to demand politicians set more ambitious
targets and limit the fossil fuel industry. Greta Thunberg was there – but
she’s just one of <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191365?t=12&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">8
inspiring female climate strikers</A> you should know about right now.
From <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191366?t=13&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">Mumbai</A>
to <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191367?t=14&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">Istanbul</A>,
young women simultaneously headed smaller climate strikes around the
world. <BR><BR><IMG style="WIDTH: 600px; MAX-WIDTH: 100%"
alt="Teenagers and young adults with banner at front of march, country flags behind"
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width=1 height=1> <BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Brussels on March 6,
2020. Photo: @domipalmer,
Twitter</SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Coronavirus:</STRONG> COVID-19 is dominating
headlines as the death toll tragically climbs. Some are wondering whether
or not to join upcoming climate mobilizations this April. We’re asking
leaders to listen to scientists on climate change, so we’re listening to
scientists ourselves on this issue. People’s safety is the number one
priority: we recommend following country health guidelines.</P>
<P>Still, we’ve got to <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191368?t=15&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">stop
another glaring public health crisis</A>, too. Climate crisis will cause
millions more deaths as impacts worsen – and disease outbreaks become more
likely. Yet in the U.S., President Trump has hinted at <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191369?t=16&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">bailing
out</A> fossil fuel companies as the oil price tumbles. It's time to break
our fossil fuel addiction and lean in to a rapid and just transition to
resilient renewables, with accessible healthcare for all.</P>
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width=1 height=1><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Outside Mitsubishi
Corp.’s headquarters in Tokyo Japan on Tuesday March 3,
2020. </SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Follow the money:</STRONG> At Mitsubishi
offices in Japan, Australia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and the United
States last week, people condemned the company’s continued financing of
coal. The <A
href="http://act.350.org/go/191370?t=17&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">coordinated
action</A> zoomed in on Vung Ang 2, a coal plant the company is funding in
Vietnam. Global resistance is surging – you can support the activists and
<A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191371?t=18&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">sign
the petition</A>. <BR><BR><STRONG>Divestment win!</STRONG> New Zealand’s
government just announced it’ll <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/190857?t=19&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">exclude
fossil fuel investments</A> from all default national retirement savings
funds. The win is a direct result of brilliant people-powered campaigning
from New Zealanders who demanded their hard-earned money not go towards
funding the climate crisis.</P>
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Story</H1>
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width=1 height=1><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tetyana Osmak, Olena
Berozkina, Nataliya Riabukha in Merefa, Ukraine.</SPAN></P>
<P>“Eight years ago I was alone, and now the whole community stands behind
us.”</P>
<P>Meet three incredible, brave women in a small town in eastern Ukraine
who’ve rallied to build a local movement against gas fracking – even in
the face of intimidation from the authorities. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/191372?t=20&akid=116075%2E4050260%2EZTcLlY">Read
their story</A></P>
<P>We hope you’ve enjoyed these stories of women leading the resistance.
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