To learn more about how local communities, especially women environmental rights defenders, are resisting the impacts of the mining industry in Brazil, please join us on Monday, May 31, at 5:00PM (EDT) for the public launch of MERE Hub Brazil, “Women Defending Land and Water in Brazil,” which will feature Sonia Guajajara of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, and Maria Júlia Andrade Zanon of the Movement for Popular Sovereignty on Mining. English-Portuguese simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Mother Earth and Resource Extraction: Women Defending Land and Water (MERE Hub) is a digital platform on the gendered impacts of resource extraction, created for and in consultation with women land defenders from across the globe who are mobilizing around large-scale resource extraction. MERE Hub builds on KAIROS’ work with partners on these issues. Initially launched in November 2019 with the Latin American phase and followed by the Canada phase in June 2020, this third phase—MERE Hub Brazil—includes resources in Portuguese for land defenders based in Brazil. A number of videos, including the introductory video, the Gendered Side of Corporate Accountability can be found, in English, on MERE Hub.
Register now for Women Defending Land and Water in Brazil!
