Karen Hallows
Peace and Demilitarisation Co-lead
Karen Hallows has over 20 years’ experience in peace and disarmament education and advocacy, working on nuclear abolition, demilitarisation, and military spending. She has led the Peace Boat’s climate advocacy, with a focus on capacity building and amplifying voices of SIDS youth on the climate frontline. As Co-Lead of the Peace and Demilitarisation Working Group, she works to connect demilitarisation, gender justice, and climate justice within the UNFCCC.
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Events
WGC Members Side Event Schedule for COP31
27/10/2026
Statement
COP31 Key Demands
27/10/2026
The narrative on climate change has always attempted to separate the environmental from the political; however, we, at Women and…
Advocacy Brief
False Solutions and Feminist Climate Justice: Why Nuclear Power Cannot Deliver a Just Transition
27/10/2026
An assessment of nuclear power against the principles of feminist climate justice.
Events
The Women and Gender Constituency at Pacific Pre-COP31
01/10/2026
Pre-COP is a preparatory meeting held ahead of the annual UN Climate Change Conference (COP). It brings together a smaller…
Press Releases
Press Release: Queer Intersectionality in Climate Justice
09/06/2026
Queer Intersectionalities Media Advisory SB64
Events
WGC Members Side Event Schedule for SB64
03/06/2026