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Building women’s capacity in Ecuador

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 …

Pachamama Assault

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 …

Ecuador: Women Defenders of Mother Earth

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 …