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Defenders of the planet: Guide of state obligations for their protection

Environmental defenders play an essential role in caring for the common good of all humanity: the environment. They are also…

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Women in the Bolivian Amazon organize against oil exploration

For millennia the Amazon basin of northern Bolivia has been inhabited by more than twenty Indigenous communities who have lived…

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Rural young feminists defend Motagua River through artivism

The Motagua River, one of the largest in Central America, starts its 500-kilometer journey from Guatemala’s Western Highlands. Along the…

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Mongabay: Environmental defenders voice concerns as COVID-19 crisis deepens

Activists have raised concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic is having an acute impact on women and their access to water…

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“We, Women are Water” Statement on COVID-19

In the midst of so much uncertainty, we have been able to regain the value of connections, collective care and…

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Organizing collectively for resistance: conversations from diverse viewpoints

Written by Évora Barreiro, Women and Environmental Justice Program Consultant at FCAM “It wasn’t the place, it was the people.…

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We, Women are Water 2020: The young women defending Lake Titicaca

  Lake Titicaca in the Andean highlands is the largest freshwater basin in South America. It represents a source of…

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We, Women are Water 2020: Rebels from Bañado Sur

In Bañado Sur on the outskirts of Asunción is the Cateura garbage dump, the largest in Paraguay. On a daily…

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