No more violence, no more silence!

Friends of the Earth International commits to a zero-tolerance approach toward violence and sexual harassment, framing gender justice as essential to its broader struggle for social and environmental justice. The organization identifies how patriarchal power relations disproportionately affect marginalized groups, including women of colour, indigenous women, and LGBTQ+ individuals. To implement this commitment, the federation utilizes a Policy on Violence and Sexual harassment based on five principles: zero tolerance, prevention, survivor-centeredness, confidentiality/protection, and transparency. The policy aims to dismantle patriarchy and power relations through training, safe spaces, and institutional procedures.

• Friends of the Earth International views the struggle for system change based on social, environmental, and economic justice as being inextricably linked to gender justice.
• The organization recognizes that violence and threats are used to maintain patriarchal power relations, with heightened risks for women of colour, black, indigenous, working class, migrant, lesbian, bisexual, and trans/non-binary people.
• The Friends of the Earth International Policy on Violence and Sexual harassment establishes minimum standards for prevention and prohibition based on five core principles: zero tolerance, prevention, survivor-centered approach, confidentiality and protection, and being time-bound, transparent and effective.
• The federation prioritizes the prevention of violence as the primary method for achieving gender justice and dismantling patriarchy within the organization.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). No more violence, no more silence! https://www.foei.org/publication/commitment-no-violence-sexual-harassment/

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. No more violence, no more silence! n.d. https://www.foei.org/publication/commitment-no-violence-sexual-harassment/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Friends of the Earth International |title=No more violence, no more silence! |url=https://www.foei.org/publication/commitment-no-violence-sexual-harassment/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternationalndmore, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{No more violence, no more silence!}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/publication/commitment-no-violence-sexual-harassment/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }