I grew up watching a revolution!

In 2011, Tunisia rose. People, women, workers, students, families who had nothing left to lose, took to the streets and demanded dignity. I was a teenager. I didn't have words for it then. Now I do: that was environmental justice, social justice, and human justice all at once. It was ordinary people refusing to accept a future designed against them.

That moment never left me.

Today, I am an Industrial Engineer and Project Officer in Tunis, working at the intersection of public investment, renewable energy, and sustainable development. I have analyzed energy transition portfolios, designed programs that supported thousands of small businesses, and worked on EU and GIZ-funded projects to strengthen communities. I have pushed for gender equality policies inside institutions that weren't ready for them. I have fought, quietly and persistently, to make sure that women, marginalized communities, and the Global South are not footnotes in a story written by and for the privileged.

And now, I have been selected as a 2026 CEEJH Climate Justice Fellow.

What is this fellowship?

The CEEJH INC Climate Justice Fellows Program, based in the United States, is one of the most rigorous and community-centered climate justice leadership programs in the world. It combines deep education in environmental and climate justice with real-world advocacy projects — covering everything from reproductive justice to water rights, energy transitions to community air quality monitoring.

I am one of only a handful of Global Fellows selected from outside the United States — representing North Africa, Tunisia, and the entire Mediterranean South.

This is not an opportunity. This is a responsibility.

Why does your support matter?

Tunisia is on the front lines of climate change. We face water scarcity so severe that ancient farming communities are vanishing. We face pollution from industrial zones that sit — always — in the poorest neighborhoods. We face a colonial economic legacy that still dictates who gets clean energy, who gets dirty infrastructure, and whose land absorbs the waste of wealthier nations.

Tunisian women, like women across the Global South, carry this burden in their bodies. In higher rates of miscarriage near industrial zones. In the extra hours spent walking for water. In the impossible choice between feeding their children and paying for healthcare made scarce by climate disruption.

I am here to bring those stories into global climate policy. I cannot do it alone.

What will this fellowship produce?

Through this program, I will:

• Build deep expertise in climate justice science, policy, and advocacy
• Develop a real-world community project rooted in Tunisian and North African realities
• Connect our local struggles to global movements — from Tunis to DC to COP30
• Present at the CEEJH Annual Symposium in September 2026, amplifying voices that are rarely in the room

Every dollar you give funds a bridge. Between the Global South and global policy. Between local pain and international action. Between a Tunisian engineer who believes in justice — and the community of people who will benefit from her work.

This is what I ask of you.

Not charity. Not pity. Investment.

Invest in a fellowship that has already changed how I think and work. Invest in a North African woman who refuses to accept that climate justice is someone else's fight. Invest in the idea that the solutions to the climate crisis will not come only from wealthy institutions in the Global North — they will come from communities like mine, if we are given the tools, the platform, and the support.

Every contribution, any $1, $5, $25, $100, is a vote for the world we are building.

With deep gratitude and revolutionary spirit,

Dorra Fadhloun Climate Justice Fellow, CEEJH INC 2026 Industrial Engineer & Project Officer | Tunis, Tunisia

The CEEJH Climate Justice Fellows program is run by the Center for Engagement, Environmental Justice, and Health (CEEJH INC), a national leader in confronting environmental injustices and health inequities. Your donation supports Dorra's participation, including program fees, materials, and the development of a real-world climate justice project.