NAIROBI: The year 2017 has been a tough year for women environment activists and environmental defenders, protecting their indigenous land and resources as they face increased crackdowns, violence, threats, intimidation and murder by state and non-state actors. At the UN environment assembly in Nairobi the women’s rights organisations held a tribute ceremony on Monday. They highlighted the important role of women human rights defenders for a pollution-free future.
People’s Summit: Tribunal in Defense of the Bodies and Territories of Women and Gender-Diverse People
By the Brazilian Women’s Alliance (AMB), the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), the International Initiative of Women, Bodies, and Territories, and CP Peru Photos by Pilar Anco of CMP Flora Tristán and Fran Ribeiro/SOS CorpoOn Friday, November 14, the Global Forest...
