Nearly 100 women came from 33 states to lobby for a climate bill in honor of International Women's Day.

The group organized by Oxfam America wants lawmakers to focus on global environmental problems along with the domestic energy focus that appears to be the centerpiece of Senate legislation .

On Tuesday, the women plan to meet with 125 Senate and House offices to ask that they support the international communities most affected by natural disasters. One of those meetings is with Sen. Lisa Murkowski   (R-Alaska), who has been opposing a push by the White House to regulate greenhouse gases.

The event hosted by Oxfam America kicked off Monday as they celebrated grassroots activists among them. Women, especially those who are poor and living in vulnerable areas are the most impacted by changes to their environment, according to the group.

"Most of the people who go on the Hill want something for themselves," Janet McKinley, an Oxfam board member, said. "We don't."

McKinley said it was important for American women to appeal on behalf of women globally who don't have a voice on Capitol Hill. She honored four women who have helped their communities cope with the effects of changing weather patterns.

One of those was Sharon Hanshaw, a Hurricane Katrina survivor who started Coastal Women for Change to help her neighbors in Biloxi, Mississippi, after the natural disaster.

"I'm excited because we only had 20 people last year," Hanshaw said. "We're going to get what we're looking for this time."

-- Ambreen Ali, Congress.org