Nieuwsgierig over energie armoede & de EU Green Deal? ❄️ Doe mee met onze online lunch Webinar morgen! Meld je aan via de link: us06web.zoom.us/j/85940903105

A new report from the @ec.europa.eu, published today, confirms what we already knew: the societal costs of PFAS pollution are enormous! 💶The Commission estimates that inaction on PFAS could cost society up to €1.7 trillion by 2050. www.politico.eu/article/fore...

1/5 🍏 We analysed #pesticide residues in apples in 13 European countries. The result: conventional apples are contaminated with a cocktail of pesticides (85%). It shows that the current pesticide authorisation needs to be improved, not demolished. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

The Hague District Court found the Netherlands’ climate policy insufficient, discriminating against Bonaire residents, and ordered immediate action to curb emissions and protect the Caribbean island from sea-level rise and extreme weather. ✔️Read more www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Check out Springsteen’s Steets of Minneapolis www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

⚠️UN expert warns: chemical pollution is a hidden global crisis. “Forever chemicals,” corporate loopholes & weak policies put human rights and environment at risk. Science & political will must align to protect human rights. @euobserver.com @elenasanchez.bsky.social euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

The @ec.europa.eu's planned abolition of #pesticide protection standards is unlawful. This is shown by a legal opinion published today. www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

This week meeting with women waste pickers in the Lusaka Landfill and women organic farmers near Mambwa -Zambia - to get their vision for ways out of plastic pollution to share with parties to BRS Conventions, amazing powerful women, such an enrichement!

Trump is spreading false information on World Health Organisation to cover up his inacceptable step to leave WHO www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

WECF and partners are in Zambia working with the environmental management agency ZEMA working with women organisations and stakeholders on how to reduce pollution from plastic waste and the toxic chemicals they emit, made the national TV

🚰 New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water are now in force! This is a win for people, our waters and strong EU rules! 🎉 But for harmonised monitoring, we must defend the EU's Water Framework Directive - the cornerstone of water protection✊ More ⬇️ #ProtectWater #OneHealth #BanPFAS

South Africans tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine - Outright evil www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Finally free, after 5 year, Maria Kalesnikava - conditions in Belarusian prison equaled torture www.spiegel.de/ausland/bela...

'De criminaliteit is al jaren dalende, maar hoe veiliger een land, hoe hysterischer we met het laatste stukje onveiligheid omgaan... Demonstreren wordt steeds meer als een potentiële verstoring van de openbare orde gezien.' #Demonstratierecht #CivicSpace #Art9 www.groene.nl/artikel/klei...

This week brought news none of us can ignore. Democracy in Europe is under mounting assault, and calls to dismantle the rules that protect people and nature keep growing. Those driving this push want silence. Instead, our collective resolve is getting louder

Our #UNEA7 event Toxic #SkinBleaching creams #mercury showed our partners #WEP documentary film on the huge problem in #Nigeria and Bangladesh government, #EEB #IPEN who spoke on growing global illegal sales, agressive (often racist and sexist) marketing see www.zeromercury.org/mercury-adde...

At #UNEA7 #Nairobi partner Semia Gharbi is sharing the lessons and results of our #Gender #Chemicals and #Waste project in #Tunisia (supported by BRS secretariat) where rural women transit away from pesticides and plastic usage instead moving to eco-tourism & agroecology! youtu.be/yBnUxJwZWtU?...

On international #HumanRights Day the Women’s Mayor Group #WMG called out some of the negotiators at #UNEA7 who are trying to move us all backwards 80 years or more by refusing to refer to #GenderEquality - while showing milesstones of the last decades including #CEDAW #SDGs #Beijing Platform Action

Bis 2026 können noch Beiträge zum Bericht des Special Rapporteurs on Toxics and Human Rights zu #Ewigkieitschemikalien #PFAS eingereicht werden. www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for...

Eine gesunde Umwelt ist ein Menschenrecht! Dieses ist durch wachsende Verschmutzung durch #Chemikalien bedroht. Gerade spricht @chinkiepg.bsky.social von @toxicsfree.bsky.social mit Marcos A. Orellana, Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights bei #UNEA7. #Menschenrechte in die Umweltpolitik!

Beim Global Major Groups and Stakeholder Forum #GMGSF treffen sich die 9 UN Major Groups, um Erfahrungen auszutauschen und Strategien für die #UNEA7 zu entwickeln. Mit der #Women'sMajorGroup fordern wir #Gendergerechtigkeit in der #Umweltpolitik und einen Platz am Tisch: #wewon'tbesilenced

Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission should continue to enforce its digital rules with an iron fist despite the outcry from U.S. officials and big tech moguls, co-chair of the Greens in the European Parliament Bas Eickhout told POLITICO.

OPINION: Slavery is alive and thriving, and it’s wrapped inside shiny chocolate bars that promise to be “fair trade,” “child-labor free” and “sustainable.” 🔗 politi.co/4orKvz6

Jetzt anmelden für das #UNEA7 Event zu Schadstoffen in Bleichcremes: einige enthalten hochgiftiges Quecksilber. Unsere Partner:innen vom Women Environmental Program #WEP #Nigeria zeigen ihre Dokumentation 'Fairness at a Cost'. Online und vor Ort in #Nairobi #Kenia #toxicfreefuture

More terrible news, #Chernobyl leaking radiation again after Russian drone hit, another immense risk and cost to be paid ultimately by them www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Emotional minute of silence for the victims of the terrible violence in #Ukraine #Gaza and #Sudan following testimonies by participants at the 21st Global Major Group and Stakeholder Forum #GMGSF #UNEA7 including risk of nuclear disaster as Russian drone damaged #Chernobyl carcophage

Register for the #UNEA7 event on Toxic Skin Bleaching - a growing global health threat - where our partners from Women Environmental Program #WEP #Nigeria will screen the new documentary ‘Fairness at a Cost’ with many testimonies ‘even babies harmed by toxic bleaching creams’

Heute versammeln sich Umweltaktivist:innen zum #GlobalMajorGroupsAndStakeholdersForum, um ihre unterschiedlichen Stimmen gemeinsam für starke Umweltpolitik bei #UNEA7 und darüber hinaus mit wirkungsvoller Beteiligung aller Betroffenen zu erheben. WECF ist mit #WomenMajorGroup und @eeb.org dabei.

21st Global Major Group and Stakeholder Forum #GMGSF21 kicked off at #UNEA7 Nairobi with 1000 registered participants where we support the key messages action including with the Women’s Major Group

Insprierende Gespräche und leckeres Essen gab es beim Women's Delegate Lunch der #Women'sMajorGroup bei #UNEA7. Z.B. setzt sich @MunyilaBadiliAfrica in Kenia für #gifftfreieMenstruation und gegen #menstruationsarmut ein. Vernetzung, Austausch und gute Laune für internationalen #Ökofeminismus

Government and civil society met at the Women Delegates Lunch at the UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7 OECPR in #Nairobi to share priorities for UN resolutions that include women’s rights and gender equality recognition and actions

7th UN Environment Assembly #UNEA7 is where we meet governments and where we share our key concerns and policy recommendations, with the Women’s Major Group #WMG and allies working to end #plastic #chemical and #mining pollution that destroy health and livelihoods of women and their communities

At #UNEA7 OECPR joining an exciting event by our partners CEJAD Kenya on zero waste strategies for Africa

EU Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikela engaged in a dialogue with Civil Society and Local Authorities on the Global Gateway investment program, our @saschawecf.bsky.social gave key messages on addressing risks and gaps incl. on human rights and protecting biodiversity & climate!

Staying stylish AND kind to the planet these holidays? It is possible!✨⛄💚 ⁠ This Thursday, our textile expert Emily Macintosh will speak at @wecf.org's webinar on #fastfashion and the holiday season. ⁠ Join us online on 4 December at 13:00. Register here: www.wecf.org/event/webina...

Dying from drinking water and n Argentina www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

People’s Summit Climate March at #COP30 #Belem with the feminists calling for Gender-justice Climate-justice and Human rights in!! Give us that ambitous #GAP! And kick the polluters-out! #Feminists demand climate justice

Join us in Amsterdam this Saturday with African activists and feminist Filmaker Sarah Kuck at Pakhuis de Zwijger, 15 of November! Register now!

🎬 Screening + Panel discussion 📢 With speakers: Sarah Kuck (Director – Present Medium) Toni Haastrup (Professor of International Politics – University of Manchester) Ernestine Leikeki (CAMGEW, WECF partner from Cameroon) Valery Molay (Climate Justice Policy Expert – WECF)

🌍 Afrikadag 2025 | WECF’s event: Documentary & Panel A session amplifying African ecofeminist voices and exploring how grassroots, women-led initiatives are shifting the narrative from dependency to power and tangible community change Tickets? www.afrikadag.nl/tickets/ !

⁠ We shared our demands so loudly, that even within the gender negotiations that were happening earlier that afternoon, you could hear our rumblings of the powerful action: Baskets to Belem. ⁠ 💜 Power to the feminists at the Women and Gender Constituency 💜

Join us in Amsterdam this Saturday with African activists and feminist Filmaker Sarah Kuck at Pakhuis de Zwijger, 15 of November! Register now!

We are participating in Afrikdag 2025! ⁠ ⁠ Africa Day is a public event in the Netherlands on international cooperation with Africa and is back in Amsterdam. We are organising the session ‘Ecofeminist Realities: Form local solutions to global impact’. ⁠ Order your tickets here: afrikadag.nl/tickets/

At todays opening of 7th Meeting of Parties of the Protocol on Water & Health in Budapest, WECF’s Sascha Gabizon moderated the high level panel with Ministers on 20 years of implementing the human right to safe water and sanitation (#WASH) while facing & preventing emerging challenges (wars,climate)

Do you know a person, organisation, or movement working courageously for inclusive, gender-equal societies? 🕊️ The WIN WIN Award offers up to 1 million SEK in support and global recognition for transformative work. 👉 Apply or nominate here: www.winwinaward.org/theme-2026 #FeministsWantSystemChange

We’re proud that our colleague Hanna Gunnarsson has been appointed as expert advisor to the jury for the 2026 @winwinaward, which will focus on the theme Gender Equal Societies. The award recognises bold, transformative work for sustainability🌍 #GenderEqualSocieties #WINWINAward #SDG5

Heel slecht nieuws Trumoiaans agressief bedrijf dat er de hand niet voor omdraait milieuorganisaties te vervolgen Begrijp niet hoe die club hier de boel kan opkopen

At today’s symposium on the European chemicals regulation (REACH) - where WECF brings civil society perspective - we were impressed by the clear messages from ilona of @chemtrusteurope.bsky.social why #REACH needs to be improved to fullfil its objective of protecting our #health and #environment

📣📨 138 organisations urge @ec.europa.eu - in the context of the simplification omnibus on Food and Feed Safety - to boost ambition and protect citizens and the environment from harmful #pesticides 👶🥕🍏🐝🐦🦋💧 👉 www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

So much inspiration in Brussels! 💚 Partners and grantees joined the #FundingFairerFutures sessions on communication, advocacy & movement building. Thanks for the learning and connection — here’s to more collaboration ahead! 🌍 #euDEARprogramme