No more violence, no more silence!

This statement by Friends of the Earth International outlines the organization's commitment to preventing violence and sexual harassment within its federation and society, framing gender justice as essential to its broader struggle for social, environmental, and economic justice.

• Friends of the Earth International defines violence and the threat of violence as mechanisms used to maintain patriarchal and other power relations. The organization notes that women—particularly women of colour, black, indigenous, working class, migrant women, lesbian and bisexual women, and trans/non-binary individuals—experience institutionalised, domestic, sexual, and verbal/psychological violence when they deviate from "naturalised roles".
• The organization identifies specific vulnerabilities related to violence, including migrant and refugee women facing sexual harassment from employers and xenophobic threats from police, and working class women facing increased harassment from police and military during the Covid-19 pandemic. It also highlights a rise in domestic violence and feminicide resulting from Covid-19 stay-at-home directives.
• The Friends of the Earth International Policy on Violence and Sexual harassment serves as the institutional tool for member groups and regions to implement a zero-tolerance approach. This policy is based on five guiding principles: zero tolerance to violence, prevention, a survivor-centred approach, confidentiality and protection, and being time-bound, transparent and effective.
• The organization prioritizes the prevention of violence through political formation, training, the creation of safe spaces, and institutional procedures to dismantle patriarchy and power relations. In cases where violence or harassment occurs within the federation, the organization commits to a step-by-step procedure based on the needs and wishes of the survivor.

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} }