Later this week, María Francisca Zhagüi Chuchuca will travel with LAMMP to the US in order to present the situation in Ecuador to the Inter American Commission on Human Rights and other organisations in Washington. We have translated one of the documents she will be taking with her into English. …
The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus will be held on Friday 4th May in New York, and LAMMP will be there. The Global Indigenous Women’s Caucus - Conclave Global Para Las Mujeres IndígenasCalling all Indigenous Women of the World engaged in international diplomacy, advocacy and the advancement of the rights of …
The president of the Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama has been interviewed by the news agency ADITAL about the competitions for young students from Cuenca and Gualaquiza (Ecuador) which are beng organised for Earth Day on April 22nd. Translation of extracts from the interview (by Diana Mills of …
To celebrate International Women’s Day, members of the Fundación del Agua attended a meeting for women leaders from the Gran Sabana region in south-eastern Venezuela, with vice-minister Choli Lott from the Ministry for Popular Power.
For March 8th, two of LAMMP’s groups in Ecuador (Defenders of Mother Earth and Guardians of Amazonia) organised an event in the Calderón Park in Cuenca. With posters and photographs, the women showed the true impact of mining on their communities. They also showed how planned developments would affect the …
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has visited Totonicapán in western Guatemala. She was presented with a document setting out the concerns about the violations of individual and collective human rights of indigenous people in Guatemala. She was also given a copy of the legal action …
LAMMP will be speaking at an important event hosted by the London Mining Network at Westminster to launch a report on the role of the city in mining. UK Listed Mining Companies and the Case for Stricter Oversight Wednesday 7 March, 11am-12 noon, Room S, Portcullis House, Westminster, London SW1 …
LAMMP attended the introductory exchange between stakeholders and the United Nations’ Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, which was held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva on 20th January. Project Director Glevys Rondón submitted the following: LAMMP works in Latin America …
Gecamin has organised the first international seminar on social responsibility in mining, in Chile, to promote an exchange of knowledge and ideas between industry practitioners and researchers working in the field of mining and social responsibility. Details can be found on their website.
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 …