Uranium Mining

In cooperation with the Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF)

The Heinrich Böll Stiftung and Women in Europe for a Common Future will organize this debate with indigenous peoples and nuclear experts. Speakers will discuss how their communities are affected by uranium mining and radioactive waste in Niger, India, Malawi, New Mexico and Kazakhstan.

The program starts with testimonies of indigenous peoples followed by an award ceremony in which James Cameron (director of the blockbuster Avatar, invited) will receive the Indigenous Peoples Award for having called attention to the destruction of indigenous people’s livelihoods from mining “energy stones”.

Attending Speakers:
Almoustapha Alhacen, President of NGO Agrhirin’man,Tuareg Indigenous Peoples, Niger
Kaisha Atakhanova, Eco Forum Kazakhstan and Goldman Award winner, Kazakhstan
Dr. Bremley W.B. Lyngdoh, Worldview Impact Foundation, UK/India
William Nyirenda, Citizen’s for Justice, Malawi
Bettie Yazzie, Navajo, New Mexico
Sascha Gabizon, Women in Europe for a Common Future
Arne Jungjohann, Heinrich Boell Stiftung, North America

This event is a side event of the 18th Session of the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD18). To participate, you will have to register for CSD 18. Click here for further info.

Please note that places are limited and the pre-registration is encouraged at un-lunch-event@wecf.eu