Women share their stories of migration and climate change

A GROUP of migrant and refugee women in Swansea are taking part in a powerful new project that connects their personal stories of migration with climate change.

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Led by Literature Across Frontiers (LAF), an initiative based at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the project is a collaboration with the Makassar Festival in Indonesia and sees the women link up with indigenous women on the other side of the world.

Entitled "Voicing the Climate Emergency: Women's Stories from Wales," the project is funded through the British Council's Connection Through Culture programme.

It involves creative workshops where the women use poetry, story-telling and images to explore how climate change is affecting friends and family in their home countries - and how those stories connect with their current lives in Wales.

Speaking about how the project came about, Alexandra Büchler, Director of Literature Across Frontiers, said: "We were approached by the Makassar festival, who came up with an idea that aligned closely with work we've been doing, exploring artistic responses to climate change.