Posts Tagged "mere hub"
Women Resisting Extractivism Film Club | Firewater Thunderbird Rising
April 29, 2021
Join KAIROS’ MERE Hub on Thursday, May 20th at 7:00pm EDT for the fourth installment of its virtual film club on the gendered impacts of resource extraction. This penultimate session will be hosted by Tasheena Sarazin, an Algonquin artist with roots from Pikwàkanagàn First Nation and Bear Island. Tasheena is a hard-working mother of three children and an active member…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Women Resisting Extractivism Film Club: March 16, 7PM EST
February 28, 2021
Join KAIROS’ MERE Hub on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:00pm EST for the second installment of its virtual film club on the gendered impacts of resource extraction. Hosted by members of the Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights, Nancy Fuentes…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
June 18: Stories of Courage: Women Defending Land and Water in Canada and Brazil
June 1, 2020
Watch our webinar recordings online. Join KAIROS’ MERE Hub on June 18h at 11:00am PDT / 2:00pm EDT/ 3:00pm ADT for Stories of Courage: Women Defending Land and Water in Canada and Brazil. This online teach-in is the last in a series of virtual events in…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
MERE Hub Wants YOU
February 6, 2020
KAIROS is developing the Canadian phase of Mother Earth and Resource Extraction: Women Defending Land and Water (MERE Hub), a digital platform on the gendered impacts of resource extraction. MERE Hub is being created for and in consultation with women land defenders from across the globe who are mobilizing around large-scale resource…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
MERE Hub: Interview on FemRadio with Gabriela Jimenez and Magdalena Ugarte
January 22, 2020
In this week’s feature story at FemRadio, hear Sofia’s exclusive interview with Gabriela Jimenez and Magdalena Ugarte, all about MERE Hub, a new resource for women land defenders around the world.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women land and water defenders are the real peacebuilders
November 28, 2019
Large-scale resource extraction often perpetuates violence, even in countries with peace accords. Those who mobilize to protect the land and water to build peace are often women. Such is the case in Guatemala and Colombia, where extractive mega-projects with Canadian…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America, Op Eds & Rabble
On defending the Indigenous women land defenders
November 26, 2019
A conversation with Dr. Sherry Pictou KAIROS has launched an online hub to connect and help further empower women land and water defenders in Canada and worldwide. Called Mother Earth and Resource Extraction– or MERE Hub, the resource was developed…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Hoy 12 Tz´i´ en el calendario maya día para pedir justicia para las mujeres y la Madre Tierra
November 25, 2019
(Translation in English provided below) Es propicio para pedir justicia para las mujeres, que cese la violencia en su contra. Hoy 25 de noviembre, día en que se conmemora y se recuerda la lucha de las mujeres, como las hermanas…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America
Launching Mother Earth and Resource Extraction: Women Defending Land and Water
October 31, 2019
On November 25, 2019, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, KAIROS will launch the first phase of Mother Earth and Resource Extraction: Women Defending Land and Water. Mother Earth and Resource Extraction (MERE) is a living…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
