Indigenous
women are at the frontline of the climate
crisis.
They should make the
headlines.
In
an environmental era which Secretary-General
António Guterres has called “a code red for
humanity,” Indigenous women are particularly
affected. They bear the scars of extractive
industry and toxic pollution, and the burden of
community care at a time when food, water, and
safe shelter are hard to come
by.
Yet far from being
victims, Indigenous women are stepping up to
fight for climate justice as organizers, land
defenders, and symbols of resistance. Many are
seeking to hold world leaders accountable for
fulfilling promises of climate action at the
COP27 Conference on Climate Change, which is
currently taking place in
Egypt.
This
year, youth participation in the climate
movement and climate finance have been at the
forefront of conference proceedings. During the
first week of the event, Indigenous women have
made their voices heard demanding accountability
and action from world leaders. Yet their voices
continue to be marginalized in
negociations and media coverage of COP27.
Land Rights Now calls for the demands of
Indigenous women to be centered and met during
Week 2 of the
conference.
Our
campaign #SheShouldMaketheNews
highlights the voices of six Indigenous women
making waves in the climate movement. Their
experiences illustrate the importance of
Indigenous women’s ontologies and worldview to
climate justice, and the urgency with which they
seek to generate climate action for their
communities and the
planet.
You
can uplift their voices by sharing our blog
posts, housed in our digital newspaper Land
Rights News - Climate edition, and by
sharing content from our Twitter,
Instagram
and Facebook
pages. We hope you will join us in helping
Indigeous women make the headlines at
#COP27. Sincerely,
The
Land Rights Now
Team | 
