Pacific feminist activist Tara Chetty (DAWN Board member) reflects on the Climate Crisis from the unique perspective of a Pacific Islander feminist. Mereoni Chung (DAWN PEAS Associate), follows Tara with a poignant critique of the legislative structure that allows for the exploitation of the Pacific Ocean, as well as a suggestion of a more robust analytical approach to the Climate Crisis. Maureen Penjueli (Pacific Network on Globalisation – PANG) calls attention to the victimisation of Pacific Islanders in this context and how dangerous that is for social movements. Anasuya Sengupta (WhoseKnowledge) highlights how important the perspective from the Pacific Islands is in building analytical frames to look at this enormous challenge. She is followed by Gita Sen (DAWN General Co-Coordinator), who calls for a dialogue with the youth climate movement to bring new points of view into the discussion within DAWN and expresses her hope (and logic behind it) for the new generation. Cai Yiping (DAWN Executive Committee) shares her view behind-the-scenes at multilateral meetings about the Climate Crisis. Claire Slatter (DAWN’s Board Chair) brings attention to the issue of Deep-sea Mining and the perverse media campaign deployed by mining companies linking DSM to a solution to the crisis.

In this series of videos, we invite you to experience what DAWN’s analysis looks like, presented live at an international meeting. We join forces with partners and contributors from other organisations to think and discuss contemporary issues such as corporate capture, religious extremism, biopolitics and the climate crisis.

DAWN owes its sustained activism throughout the years to all the great women who have committed their time, strength, and expertise to build critical South analyses of global issues. Strategically located as a feminist network within the paradoxical spaces opened by globalisation, DAWN engages with other networks in its advocacy for gender, economic and ecological justice as well as sustainable and democratic development. The meeting where this video was captured is an example of this process.