In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of people are unlawfully encroaching upon protected lands, devastating centuries-old trees for export, and exploiting rare resources. It's a

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, thousands of people are unlawfully encroaching upon protected lands, devastating centuries-old trees for export, and exploiting rare resources. It's a critical issue that impacts us all. Enter Indigenous Brazilian forest guardian Marçal Guajajara and impassioned activist Puyr Tembé. They stand as unwavering sentinels, fighting tirelessly to shield their home from the relentless march of deforestation. Alongside them, we encounter an illegal logger, trapped in a desperate struggle to make ends meet, who sees no alternative means of survival, and a determined landowner, committed to preserving the rich ecosystem within his property, relentlessly seeking answers from local authorities, yet met with silence. Through this tapestry of perspectives, we see the economic connections to markets that link goods derived in the Amazon region to consumers around the world.

The panel “Narratives Matter: Social Media And Stories As A Tool For Climate Action And Education” was held on Tuesday, June 24th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate

The panel “Narratives Matter: Social Media And Stories As A Tool For Climate Action And Education” was held on Tuesday, June 24th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond hosted by Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), June 23-28, 2025.
PANELISTS:
Priscila Tapajowara (Tapajo), President of Midia Indigena Association, Brazil
Vanessa Nakate, Director, Tard Foundation, Uganda
 Laura Cook, Special Projects Lead, Project Dandelion, United Kingdom

Harriet Shugarman, Advisory Council Chair, Our Kids Climate, Turtle Island/USA

Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders in all their diversity, global advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers representing 50 countries from around the world. During 25 unique panels, speakers showcased a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks, campaigns, and movement strategies with which we can accelerate a bold and transformative path to a healthy and just world.

The panel “No Greenwashing: Rejecting False Solutions to the Climate Crisis” was held on Monday, June 23rd, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30

The panel “No Greenwashing: Rejecting False Solutions to the Climate Crisis” was held on Monday, June 23rd, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond hosted by Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), June 23-28, 2025.
PANELISTS:
Silvia Ribeiro, Uruguayan journalist, feminist and environmental activist, Uruguay
Rita Uwaka, Environmental Rights Action (ERA) Coordinator, Forest & Biodiversity Programme, Friends of the Earth Africa (FoEA), Nigeria
Clara Vondrich, Senior Policy Counsel, Public Citizen’s Climate Program and Public Voices fellow with the OpEd Project, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, Turtle Island/USA
 Hwei Mian Lim, Independent Consultant and Co-lead for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement - False Solutions and Dangerous Distractions, The Women and Gender Constituency (WGC), Malaysia
Elle Rávdná Näkkäläjärvi (Sámi), Chair of the Sámi Parliament’s Youth Council, Norway
Simone Lovera-Bilderbeek, Independent Academic Researcher, Netherlands
Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders in all their diversity, global advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers representing 50 countries from around the world. During 25 unique panels, speakers showcased a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks, campaigns, and movement strategies with which we can accelerate a bold and transformative path to a healthy and just world.

The panel “Women For Forests: Protection & Reforestation: Part 1” was held on Monday, June 23rd, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond

The panel “Women For Forests: Protection & Reforestation: Part 1” was held on Monday, June 23rd, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond hosted by Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), June 23-28, 2025.

PANELISTS:
Aditi Sen, Climate and Energy Program Director, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), Turtle Island/USA
Devi Aggriani (Taluk), Member of the Indigenous Taluk Kuantan community & President, Indigenous Women's Association of the Archipelago (PEREMPUAN AMAN), Indonesia
 Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Kichwa leader from Sarayaku, Ecuador, Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva (Amazon Women in Defense of the Jungle), WECAN Coordinator Ecuadorian Amazon, Advisor on Indigenous Issues at the UNPFII (2026 to 2028), Ecuador
Yolanda Fulmer (Tlingit), Native Rights Activist, Representative for the WECAN Tongass Hub, Turtle Island/USA
Yadira Ocaguaje (Siekopai), Leader of the Siekopai Nation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Ecuador
Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders in all their diversity, global advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers representing 50 countries from around the world. During 25 unique panels, speakers showcased a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks, campaigns, and movement strategies with which we can accelerate a bold and transformative path to a healthy and just world.

The panel “Rematriating the Land: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Land Back Movement” was held on Tuesday, June 24th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path

The panel “Rematriating the Land: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Land Back Movement” was held on Tuesday, June 24th, during the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond hosted by Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), June 23-28, 2025.
PANELISTS:
Bryanna R. Brown (Inuit), Political Advisor, Land and Water Advocate, Indigenous Climate Action, Canada
 Janene Yazzie (Navajo/Dine’), Director of Policy & Advocacy, NDN Collective, Diné Bikéyah (Turtle Island)
 Taily Terena (Terena), Indigenous Rights and Climate Activist, Brazil
 Pluma Bárbara Moreno Torres (Jíbaro-Taino Nation), General Coordinator, Organización del Pueblo Indígena Can - Jíbaro de Boriké (CAN) and Centro de Apoyo Mutuo Jíbaro de Lares (CAMJi-Lares), Puerto Rico
Moderation and comments by Dr. Lyla June Johnston (Diné/Navajo & Tsétsêhéstâhese/Cheyenne), Indigenous Musician, Scholar, and Community Organizer, Turtle Island
Organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Network (WECAN), the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond brought together over 125 grassroots and frontline women leaders in all their diversity, global advocates, thought leaders, and policymakers representing 50 countries from around the world. During 25 unique panels, speakers showcased a diverse array of visions, projects, policy frameworks, campaigns, and movement strategies with which we can accelerate a bold and transformative path to a healthy and just world.

Jul 22, 2020

A new documentary about the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling

Jul 22, 2020

A new documentary about the growing movement amongst Native Americans to reclaim their spiritual, political, and cultural identities through food sovereignty, while battling the trauma of centuries of genocide.

Executive Producers: Jason Momoa, Brian Mendoza, the First Nations Development Institute, Wendy Schmidt, Jennifer Buffet, Christine Schantz

Produced by Tanya Meillier, Sanjay Rawal, Sterlin Harjo

Cinematography by Renan Ozturk

Music by Michael Levine with songs by Raye Zaragoza

Sound by Jim Choi

Directed by Sanjay Rawal

Jan 2, 2015

In the face of large global institutional (economic, political, educational, etc.) obstacles to advancing the Rights of Mother Earth, it is time to explicitly state what we can

Jan 2, 2015

In the face of large global institutional (economic, political, educational, etc.) obstacles to advancing the Rights of Mother Earth, it is time to explicitly state what we can and must do. This brief presentation is essentially a report-out on what Indigenous Peoples from around the World are saying about activities and actions that must be encouraged and enhanced in the struggle to defend Mother Earth from human abuse and misuse. Dr. Dan Wildcat is the Director of Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Center and Dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas, where he has taught for 25 years. 

This speech took place of the 2012 Indigenous Forum, co-produced with the Cultural Conservatory, at the Bioneers National Conference. 

On November 14, WECAN organized a COP29 press conference with esteemed speakers from Brazil to share calls to action and advocacy efforts to protect Indigenous rights, forests, water, communities,

On November 14, WECAN organized a COP29 press conference with esteemed speakers from Brazil to share calls to action and advocacy efforts to protect Indigenous rights, forests, water, communities, and the global climate on the path to COP30.

With COP30 slated to be held in Belém, Brazil it is vital to hear from the Indigenous women who are mobilizing to protect Indigenous rights and biodiversity in the Amazon and connected biomes.

Speakers included: Puyr Tembé, First Secretary of State for Indigenous Peoples of Pará in the Brazilian Amazon, and co-founder of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors (ANMIGA), Brazil; Concita Sõpré, Co-founder, National Association of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), and President of the Federation of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará (FEPIPA), Brazilian Amazon; Lucimara Patté, Co-founder of the National Association of Indigenous Women's Warriors of Ancestry (ANMIGA), from the Atlantic Forest biome in Brazil; with moderation by Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), United States.

Women leaders are building critical strategies for national and international divestment that call for justice and accountability from the financial sector and governments to phase out fossil

Women leaders are building critical strategies for national and international divestment that call for justice and accountability from the financial sector and governments to phase out fossil fuels and deforestation, while advocating for a Just Transition that places people and planet first.

During this WECAN press conference at COP27, speakers shared vital reports and strategies for ending the era of fossil fuels and supporting communities and ecosystems impacted by extractive industries and Indigenous rights violations.

Speakers included:
--- Eriel Tchekwie Deranger (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation), Executive Director, Indigenous Climate Action
--- Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty
--- Leila Salazar-López, Executive Director, Amazon Watch
--- Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action - COP27 Press Conference

Indigenous organizations and communities, led by women, are mobilizing locally and globally to

Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action - COP27 Press Conference

Indigenous organizations and communities, led by women, are mobilizing locally and globally to protect and defend their communities and territories from governments and corporations that continue to violate Indigenous and human rights, and push forward extractive projects that harm local ecosystems and put communities at risk.

During this press conference, Indigenous women from the Amazon Basin and Brazil brought forth calls to action for Indigenous rights and protection of forests, water, communities, and the global climate.

Speakers included:
--- Sônia Bone Guajajara (Guajajara), Indigenous Leader from Brazil, Federal Deputy of the National Congress of Brazil, Brazil
--- Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva (Amazon Women in Defense of the Jungle), Sarayaku, Ecuador
--- Helena Gualinga (Kichwa), Indigenous Youth Climate Leader, Sarayaku, Ecuador
--- Taily Terena (Terena), Indigenous Rights Activist, WECAN Coordinator in Brazil, Brazil