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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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“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: Women for the Rivers of Life

Villa Montes, located in El Chaco, Bolivia, is an area known for oil and gas production, an industry that has…

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We, Women are Water 2020: The Guapinol women challenging mining extractivism

The region of Colón in Honduras hosts 11 percent of the country’s mining concessions. At the beginning of 2012, the…

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We, Women are Water 2020: We the Challapata women resist, defending our water

In the municipality of Challapata in the Avaroa Province of the Oruro region, Bolivia, is the Tacagua freshwater dam, which…

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We, Women are Water 2020: The El Burro wetlands in the ¨land of water¨

The city of Bogotá, with its 7.5 million inhabitants, has been built mainly on wetlands and ecological corridors. The El…

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Vice Versa: Indigenous women versus the megaproject

PUBLISHED IN VICE VERSA | JANUARY 9, 2020  By Jan-Albert Hootsen In politically unstable Guatemala, indigenous communities are often the…

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