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“They are killing the river”: Q’eqchi’ women defend the sacred Cahabón

Two rivers cross in Guatemala’s municipality of Santa María Cahabón, the ancestral territory of the Q’eqchi’ peoples. To the Q’eqchi’…

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The women defending life amid the flames in Bolivia’s Chiquitanía

In 2019, Bolivia experienced one of the largest forest fires in its history with 10 percent of its total forested…

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Protecting the Madre de Dios forest that gives us water

The Madre de Dios rainforest in Peru is one of the most diverse forests on the planet and is also…

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Yumao women lead resistance against Rositas dam

Every year for the last decade, people from across Bolivia travel to the community of Yumao in the country’s Great…

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“We’re not going to eat eucalyptus”: Qom women organize to preserve their territory

The Paraguayan Chaco is a flat and arid territory, with average temperatures ranging between 35 and 40 degrees. The climate…

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Women leading climate action

From Nepal to El Salvador, women are making core contributions to advance climate solutions.

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El Salvador’s war-disabled women claim food sovereignty

They're switching established gender roles and growing their own organic, climate-resilient food.

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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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