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Women, Land & Peace 2017

Women, Land and Peace: Celebrating Women Land Defenders for World Environment Day!

This World Environment Day, we celebrate the work of women land defenders with the ONLINE PREMIERE of our Women, Land and Peace short films - in partnership with JASS (Just Associates) and the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation! These five minute films follow our delegation to Honduras and Guatemala  ...read more

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#WomenLandPeace Delegation Last Three Days in Guatemala: Storify

On the delegation's second day in Guatemala, the laureates visited Casillas to meet with indigenous communities resisting the San Raphael mining project. This was followed by a meeting in which forty women activists from seven municipalities shared their experiences defending the land. On Day Seven  ...read more

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Last Day in Honduras and First Day in Guatemala: Storify

On Wednesday the delegation finished off its final day in Honduras with a press conference to discuss the findings of the visit so far. The delegates then headed to Guatemala where they received an incredibly warm welcome from JASS Mesoamérica and the Rigoberta Menchú Tum Foundation. Day Five was  ...read more

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Women Human Rights Defenders Gathering: Recap

On Sunday, October 22, the #WomenLandPeace Delegation met with a number of inspiring women human rights defenders and #defensoras from around Honduras. These women shared their own challenges and experiences as activists in the country. Jessica Sanchez gives context on the state of the penal code  ...read more

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Press Conference: Women, Land & Peace from Honduras

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Lunch with Women Human Rights Defenders and Day Three Meetings: Storify

On Sunday, our #WomanLandPeace Delegation met with a number of amazing women human rights defenders and #defensoras for a lunch to discuss the intersection between gender and economic justice. Monday began with a meeting with the Gender Commission in Honduras, followed by a number of other important  ...read more

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Arrival in Honduras and Day One trip to Rio Blanco: Storify

Our #WomanLandPeace Delegation to Honduras and Guatemala has begun! Follow along for a full recap of final preparations, arrivals and orientation on Friday, and our amazing Day One trip to Rio Blanco to meet with the Lenca people, COPINH community leaders, and family and colleagues of murdered  ...read more

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Video: Fast Facts about Defenders in Honduras

Honduras is the most dangerous country in the world to be an environmental defender, with more killings per capita than anywhere else in the world. Watch this for 60 seconds of sobering facts about the risks for environmental defensoras in Honduras.  ...read more

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