Worrying Situation for Women in Molleturo – A report by the Women Defenders of Pachamama On 16/03/2011 members of the group “Women Defenders of Pachamama” and other communities staged a peaceful protest to reject a summons by the President of the Molleturo Parish Committee. The purpose of the meeting was …
On the 21st, 22nd , 23rd and 24th March LAMMP’s partner group in Ecuador ” Women Defenders of Mother Earth” will host the conference “The role of the Women Defenders of Human Rights in social-environmental conflicts: Threats, Risks and Protection Strategies vis á vis the criminalisation of the Resistance to …
For a second year running members of the group “Women Defenders of Mother Earth” have organised training sessions on permaculture gardens. The practical workshops facilitated by an agricultural adviser give women the skills to understand not only how nature works but also how to use permaculture principles to build a …
The Reuters news agency reports that the Canadian mining companies Kinross Gold and Corrientes Resources have been given permission by the government of Ecuador to restart operations at once.p>
On Wednesday 22th April 2009, at about 7 p.m., Rosa Etelvina Misacango Chuñir, aged 49, was attacked both verbally and physically at her home in Barrio 13 de Abril, Molleturo Parish. A member of the Front of Women Defenders of the Pachamama, she has become yet another victim of the …
El Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama is a grass-roots group led by women for women activists committed to raising awareness of the devastating impact of mining on rural and indigenous women’s capacity to earn a living from traditional farming. Tired of the way authorities dismissed their complaints about …