Category: Women’s rights
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DEFENSORAS
Defending their lands and their bodies was never a choice, but a necessity. With hopes and dreams for a different reality they continue their fight against extractivism and patriarchal oppression. On the 8th of March, international women’s day, we came together in Brussels. Defensoras: Tierras que resisten en manos de mujeres. Or ‘Earths that resist…
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Defensoras
Environmental and human rights defenders are tirelessly committed to equality and justice. Unfortunately, they often face discrimination, violence, criminalisation, violations of their civil rights and the impunity of armed public groups (police, army) or hired groups (paramilitaries, death squads). All activists are presented with major challenges. However, female activists are additionally confronted with gender-specific violence…
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