The German Council on Foreign Relations’ Young DGAP, together with Diplomats of Color and frauen@diplo, cordially invites you to the fifth edition of the thematic series “Feminist Foreign Policy – An Intersectional Perspective”:
The Environmental Work of Indigenous Peoples in the Sahel –
Feminist Foreign Policy in the Context of the Climate Crisis:
A Conversation with Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
Monday, May 15, 2023, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (CEST)
via Zoom
On December 19, 2022, the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended with the adoption of two key measures: a global biodiversity framework that intends to address the key drivers of nature loss and a plan that safeguards the rights of indigenous peoples and recognizes their contributions to the protection of global biodiversity.
Against this background, we are honored to host a discussion with one of the framework’s negotiators, renowned Chadian environmentalist Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim. With her, we will explore how the rights of indigenous peoples can be respected and accounted for when crafting global climate policy.
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is an expert on the adaptation and mitigation of indigenous peoples to climate change. She advocates for the greater inclusion of their knowledge and traditions in the global movement to fight its effects. A member of the Mbororo pastoralist community, she is President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and Conservation International’s Lui-Walton Senior Indigenous Fellow.
Oumarou Ibrahim also serves as a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues, the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee (IPACC), and the Advisory Committee to the Secretary-General’s 2019 Climate Action Summit. In 2019, she was listed by Time as one of 15 women championing action on climate change.
This event is the fifth in the series “Feminist Foreign Policy – An Intersectional Perspective” which is jointly convened by Diplomats of Color, women@diplo, and Young DGAP. The series aims to shed light on different approaches to and perspectives on feminist foreign policy with international experts. In particular, it focuses on context-specific questions of Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) in the Global South. Are you interested in joining the series or moderating a discussion? Then please get in touch!
Guest:
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
Moderator:
Christina Förster, German Federal Foreign Office
The event will take place as a video conference. If you are interested, please register HERE.
We will use Zoom to conduct the meeting. Information on data processing can be found at https://dgap.org/en/zoom. Please note that this event will be recorded.
If you have any questions, please contact: Salilah El-Khodary (salilah.el-khodary@auswaertiges-amt.de), Hanna Elten (hannah.elten@auswaertiges-amt.de), Sena Staufer (staufer@junge.dgap.org), and/or Marcel Bazalinski (bazalinski@dgap.org).
We look forward to your participation and a lively discussion.
Kind regards,
Your team from Diplomats of Color, frauen@diplo, and Young DGAP