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02 July 2019
Dolene Miller, Elba Rivera and Francisca Ramirez have spent years defending the territories of the indigenous peoples, farmers and Afro-Nicaraguans. Here are their stories. HAVANA TIMES – Defending their lands and the environment has cost the lives of many women around the world, especially in…
17 May 2019
Indigenous communities in Nicaragua are facing violence and displacement, but agroecology is helping empower the Miskito people. What do you do when your access to rivers, sacred sites, and forests, is cut off, especially when your whole identity has grown from a spiritual connection to nature…
06 May 2019
Myrna Cunningham is the first Miskitu woman to study at a university. In 1973, she received a degree in medicine and returned to her home region in the isolated northeast of Nicaragua, where she was born in a small village surrounded by lush forest. Working as a surgeon, she served in more than one…
25 October 2022
  Land and Climate Conversations From Nov. 6-18, the world gathers in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), to discuss the global climate change agenda. While we are hopeful that these high-level conversations will result in meaningful progress…
Partage de stratégies pratiques pour l'autonomisation des femmes sur les terres détenues collectivement *Le panel sera présenté en anglais et une interprétation simultanée sera disponible en espagnol et en portugais. Idéal pour les fuseaux horaires des régions Amériques, Atlantique et Afrique de…