2019年8月3日 · Xikrin women protect millions of hectares of the Amazon Basin that are crucial for biodiversity and climate mitigation.

2019年12月21日 · Currently, the women of the Amazon fulfill well-defined roles within the culture of the various tribes or indigenous communities that inhabit the Amazon River basin and its jungle .

2023年12月4日 · Juma Indigenous sisters Mandei Juma, right, and Borea Juma walk on a jungle path in their community, near Canutama, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sunday, July 9, 2023. Along with another sister, Mandei and Borea lead and manage the Indigenous territory after the death of their father in 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

2024年3月5日 · In the Peruvian Amazon, Rainforest Foundation US supports Indigenous women through affirmative policies in community leadership and education. These initiatives include ensuring childcare during meetings, providing technology training, and promoting women’s roles in environmental monitoring and decision-making.

2023年9月4日 · “If the jungle, nature, is altered, they are altering the rights of Amazonian women,” emphasizes María Cuji, for whom the “ Kawsak Sacha ” (Living Jungle) proposal cannot be realized without first resolving the population's shortcomings.

2021年12月24日 · Women are breaking down barriers, speaking out and joining the frontlines of the battle against rampant deforestation, extractive activities and the worsening climate …

2024年10月7日 · The new book Seremos Jaguares (We Will Be Jaguars) by Indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo is the memoir of a woman who fought against large oil companies to preserve her people’s land and ...

Across the Amazon, Indigenous women are fighting to protect their cultures, lands and lives. Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the power of Indigenous women as powerful leaders in building just and sustainable solutions to the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, and we invite you to get to know seven inspiring ...

Patricia Gualinga, a Kichwa Pueblo Indigenous woman leader of Amazonian Women Defenders of the Jungle (Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva), advocates for the protection of her homelands in Sarayaku, Ecuador from extractive industries.

As the guardians of their territory and culture deep in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Waorani women are the backbone of their people’s resistance against one of the mightiest industries on earth and one of the biggest drivers of climate change – the fossil fuel industry.