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| Indigenous in Chile battling transnational companies told the U.N. that the environmental impact statements are paid for by the companies who become the judge and jury of the outcome. Screenshot by Censored News |
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| Krystal Brant, Mohawk, Ontario Native Women's Association speaking at U.N. |
Indigenous Women: Land Defenders, Water Carriers, Life Givers, Assert Rights at United Nations
Updated July 13, 2024
GENEVA -- Indigenous women spoke of their ancestral languages woven into their relationship with the land, and as caretakers of biodiversity, from the deserts of the Sahara to Canada and the Amazon.
GENEVA -- Indigenous women spoke of their ancestral languages woven into their relationship with the land, and as caretakers of biodiversity, from the deserts of the Sahara to Canada and the Amazon.
Speaking out against oppression and genocide from Armenia and Vietnam to the Americas, where they are celebrated as "folklore," while being violently oppressed, Indigenous women urged new measures to ensure justice for land defenders, murdered and missing Indigenous women, and increased efforts to protect medicine plants from exploitation, during the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.