Organisation

FSC Indigenous Foundation, the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests / Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica (CMLT) and the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities

Description

Indigenous Peoples have been disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change, which has not only damaged their territories and food security, but also their culture, identity and connection to mother earth. Indigenous women and girls have been especially affected by the degradation of climate change in their territories, communities and families, increasing the conditions of vulnerability and risk to different types of violence, thus threatening their main role as guardians of ancestral and traditional knowledge, as transmitters of the culture and identity within their communities, as caretakers and food security of their families, and as defenders of the rights of their peoples.

Considering the differential impact of climate change on the Indigenous Women life, this event aims 1) to point up the link between the effects of climate change and the increase of violence against Indigenous women and girls; 2) to promote more analyses and assessments of losses and damages focused on the conditions and needs of Indigenous women, with a culturally appropriate gender lens; and 3) to promote climate actions that respond in a differentiated way to the needs of Indigenous women, acknowledging the role of Indigenous women play and have played in their communities in protecting their cultural landscapes

The event will include a panel of a maximum of 5 people between Indigenous Women from different countries and delegates from organisations with experience in working with Indigenous Women, as well as a moderator. Each panelist will structure their interventions around the following specific points:

1) Losses and Damages from the point of view and feelings of Indigenous Women – the increase of violence and risks.

2) Actions taken by and for Indigenous Women to resist the effects of Climate Change.

Speakers

Panelists:

Sara Omi, Indigenous Leader from Panama, President of the Coordinator of Territorial Women Leaders of Mesoamerica of AMPB (CMLT)

2) Balkissou Buba, Vice President of the Cameroonian Branch of Network of Indigenous and Local Populations for the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa (REPALEAC)

3) Edna Kaptoyo, alternate for the English-speaking Africa region, FSC Permanent Indigenous Peoples’ Committee (PIPC), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

Language

EN - SP - FR