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| Anuna De Wever | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Anuna De Wever protesting in Brussels in January 2019 | |
| Born | 2001 (age 23–24) Mortsel, Belgium |
| Nationality | Belgium |
| Occupation | Student |
| Known for | School strike for the climate |
Anuna De Wever (born 2001) is a Belgian climate activist and was one of the leading figures in the School strike for the climate movement in Belgium.
Biography
De Wever was born in Mortsel, Belgium. With Kyra Gantois and Adélaïde Charlier, De Wever became one of the leading figures in the School strike for climate movement in Belgium. As a result, from February to May 2019 she had a weekly column in the magazine HUMO.
In October 2019, De Wever was among the youngest climate activists to set sail on the Regina Maris for a low-carbon trans-Atlantic journey to the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Santiago, Chile.
In aftermath of the school strikes in Belgium centre-right Flemish minister for the environment Joke Schauvliege was obliged to resign after falsely claiming that the Belgian State Security Service had information indicating that the climate strike was a political front organisation.
Personal differences led to a fracture within the Belgian Youth for Climate movement, with the departure of co-founder Kyra Gantois in August 2019.
The celebrity that De Wever gained through the school strikes has led to her being personally targeted by the far right, most notably with young men hurling bottles of urine at her during the Pukkelpop music festival, and nocturnally ransacking festival-goers' tents in an attempt to locate her.
As of February 2020, after returning from South America, she is working as an intern for the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European parliament.
Awards
- In May 2019, De Wever and Kyra Gantois jointly received the Ark Prize of the Free Word.
- In September 2019, De Wever and Adélaïde Charlier received Amnesty International Belgium's Ambassador of Conscience Award on behalf of Youth for Climate.
References
- "Belgium climate protests". BBC News. 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- Jennifer Rankin (2019-10-02). "Activists set sail across the Atlantic to Chile to demand curbs on flying". The Guardian.
- Daniel Boffey (2019-02-05). "Belgian minister resigns over school-strike conspiracy claims". The Guardian.
- "Belgian minister Schauvliege resigns over 'school protest plot'". BBC News. 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- Eline Bergmans (2019-08-26). "'Het boterde al maanden niet meer tussen Anuna en mij'". De Standaard.
- "Anuna De Wever harassed and threatened with death at Pukkelpop". The Brussels Times. 2019-08-16.
- "Anuna De Wever loopt stage bij Europese groenen: "Het is de link tussen het straatprotest en de seat at the table"". Het Laatste Nieuws.
- "Anuna De Wever en Kyra Gantois ontvangen Arkprijs". Het Nieuwsblad. 2019-05-30.
- "The voices of Brussels' Global Climate strike". The Brussels Times. 2019-09-23.