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In just one hundred years, industrialization, consumerism, individualism, depredation, looting, and violence have changed the climate like never before in the history of the planet. And even though the less industrialized countries do not contribute to greenhouse gas emissions as much as the more industrialized ones, structurally excluded peoples bear the brunt of the impactsContinue reading “Global warming is violence against women”

I grew up in the Niger Delta in Nigeria as a member of the indigenous farming and fishing community of Yaataah. For decades, our families lived in constant contact with the waterways. My grandmothers relied on them to collect our food and to make pottery to sustain our family. Unfortunately, things have changed. Since theContinue reading “Restoring mangrove forests to fight the consequences of fossil fuel extraction – Nigeria”

My name is Purna Kumari Magar and I’m part of the Magar Indigenous community in Nepal. As part of this community, my life depends on land and other natural resources, such as the Seti river. However, with the Tanahu hydropower project, our way of life is under threat. The project, financed by the Asian DevelopmentContinue reading “Indigenous knowledge to mitigate climate change impacts – Nepal”

We, women of the Qom Indigenous community of Santa Rosa, have long been trying to protect our lands against the rapid intrusion of extractivist projects which have caused high rates of deforestation and environmental destruction in our territory, the Paraguayan Chaco. The conflict we are dealing with now, involves a model of so-called “sustainable development”Continue reading “Qom women protecting their lands against degenerative eucalyptus monocultures – Paraguay”

A coal-fired power plant that threatens to endanger the survival of communities and specially fisherwomen in Bargny, Senegal, managed to unite two organizations in the fight for the environment and women’s rights. A coal-fired power plant that has been built in the small village of Sendou, in the city of Bargny, Senegal, is threatening theContinue reading “Sendou: where environmental justice and women’s rights come together”

The women from Marina Cué are an example of resistance. Through their advocacy efforts, they were able to push for the release of their comrades incarcerated for the Curuguaty massacre. They carried out the construction of a pluri-grade school and a road, and organized a community garden, among other productive activities in the Marina CuéContinue reading “The Women from Marina Cué: resistance and empowerment in Paraguay”

The environmental conflict in Bajo Aguán, Honduras, has been active for many years. Honduras is a country that has a vast reserve of natural resources, but the majority of these resources are in the hands of only three powerful landowners, leaving farmer families in poverty, without land, without work and without food. To the problemContinue reading “The Bajo Aguán Conflict”

For the people of Aroroy, in the Masbate province 350km southeast of Manila in the Philippines, “to be sitting in a pot of gold”, is not a blessing. The province’s mineral wealth has not translated into better conditions for the communities in the region, consistently among the poorest regions of the country. Filminera Resources CorporationContinue reading “The women of Aroroy fight to be heard”

The Women’s Environment and Development Organization, or WEDO, joins the GAGGA network as a strategic ally and a global advocacy organization that has focused on women’s rights and environmental justice for over 30 years. WEDO’s director, Bridget Burns, spoke to us about the strengths that their organization brings to the network and how they’re excited toContinue reading “A conversation with WEDO”

Sixteen years ago in Burkina Faso, mining industries didn’t exist; the first big mining project, which was operated by the state, closed down in 1994 due to administrative problems. It wasn’t until 2003, when a new mining code was approved, that different investors in the extractives industry became attracted to the potential of the AfricanContinue reading “The women of Bomboré “simply do not want a mine””