Can private finance save the planet?

Exploring the role of private finance in green transitions in Africa.

Report of the webinar from 24 October 2023, with Joseph Matola (SAIIA, South Africa), Ann Pettifor (political economist and author, UK) und Prof. Fadhel Kaboub (Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Kenya).

A letter from Yene & Terra Mater - Mother Land

Film screening and discussion as part of this human world

Tuesday, 5 December 2023, 18:00 - 20:00 hrs
Top Kino, Großer Saal, Rahlgasse 1, 1060 Vienna
Film screening and discussion about the effects of the climate crisis on the African continent.

The right to move and the right to stay?! Community decisions in a changing climate

Report from 9 October 2023

Discussion with the researcher Diogo Andreola Serraglio, the activists Rose Kobusinge and Mana Omar from Fridays for Future Africa about the difficulties of human mobility in times of global warming.

“Who Speaks for Whom, Volume 4”

The AEWTASS team presented their findings on the stereotypical and racist portrayal of the African continent and people of African descent in the Austrian school system.

Time to act – opportunities for an EU feminist foreign policy that champions sexual and reproductive rights

by Sara Österlund

Every day 800 women and girls worldwide die from complications related to pregnancy, childbirth and unsafe abortion. The EU has the power to change this by stepping up efforts and allocating much needed funding.

Green Colonialism?

The scramble for ‘critical’ raw materials from Africa.

Documentation of the panel discussion on 1 June 2023, with Mkhululi Ncube (African Union), Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin South Africa) and Karin Küblböck (ÖFSE).

Africans Rising. Can activism change the world?

Panel discussion 14 March 2023

Activists from Kenya, Uganda and Austria discussed in Vienna what changes social and climate movements have achieved and how transnational cooperation can be strengthened.

Afrika Club.

Coups against democracy or anti-colonial acts?

The Africa Club is an informal discussion forum for people interested in African issues, EU-AU-relations and African Diaspora with participants public institutions, the African diaspora, civil society, academia and the media.

Climate Change Causes Flight?!

Event from 10 November 2022

At the same time as the 27th World Climate Conference took place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the changing climate and associated natural disasters were also the topic of a panel discussion organized by VIDC and WIDE.

Food for All?

What it takes to secure global supplies with nutrition and basic needs

Prof. Jomo Sundaram (Malaysia), Faith Lumonya (Uganda) and Sofia Suárez (FIAN Int.) discussed the current food crisis against the background of the Ukraine war.