African Climate Stories

How creative leadership makes sustainability work across the creative and film industries

Tuesday, 4th November 2025, 6:30pm
Zoku, Perspektivstrasse 6, 1020 Vienna

in cooperation with D–Arts Projektbüro für Diversität and the International Screen Institute

International climate finance in times of uncertainty

Is there any way forward for global climate action?

In the context of political uncertainty, rising nationalism and climate skepticism, are past commitments for climate finance and global climate action still realistic? Can there be any positive perspectives for the COP30…

The Missing Crime: Femicide in African Legal Systems

By Wangui Gitahi

Femicide is still not sufficiently recognized as a systemic problem that needs specific legislation across African jurisdictions. Feminist lawyers use strategic litigation to fight for better protection.

VIDC mourns the passing of Dr. Georg Lennkh, former ambassador

Dr. Georg Lennkh shaped Austria’s foreign and development policy and was deeply committed to fostering dialogue with Africa. As a close partner of VIDC, he will be remembered as a wise diplomat and and a sensitive person.

Decolonize Our Climate - Voices from the Global South & the Diaspora

International perspectives on climate justice and whitewashing in the climate movement

Friday, 3rd October 2025, 6pm - 8pm
Depot (Breite Gasse 3, 1070 Vienna)

Pathways to Peace: Legal Accountability and Feminist Peacebuilding

Panel discussion on feminist peace and security policy

Wednesday, 10th September 2025, 4pm - 6pm
in cooperation with the Swedish Embassay in Vienna

Feminist practice: For greater justice in global trade

Workshop as part of the series Feminist Foreign Policy – Potential & Reality

with Theresa Kofler (Plattform Anders Handeln) & Miriam Mona Mukalazi (VIDC)

Reproductive Justice in Africa: Lessons from Kenyan Courts

By Leah Aoko Kanyangi

Strategic litigation on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Kenia has had broader effects by setting legal precedents, influencing policy reform, and shifting public discourse on reproductive justice.

Centring Black and African Perspectives in Media

Report on the Africa Club 24th June 2025

The Africa Club is an informal discussion forum for people interested in African issues. Participants come from public institutions, the African diaspora, civil society, academia and the media. Topics are current developments…

“I didn’t choose to be an activist, resistance is the only option I have to survive in Tunisia”.

by Miriam Mona Mukalazi & Isabella Costa (VIDC Global Dialogue), based on an interview with Rayhan Jlidi

Black African refugees, migrants and asylum seekers are denied basic human rights and have become victims of state violence in Tunesia, financed and promoted by the EU.