Women Rising Radio: Guardians of the Amazon Rainforest

Currently, the indigenous peoples of the Amazon rainforest are in a struggle with worldwide multinational corporations that want to take over their lands for oil extraction, commercial palm oil, commercial agriculture, mining, and other massively destructive enterprises. Women leaders have taken center stage in the indigenous activism to guard the Amazon rainforest from those who would use it for profit. These women have faced down criticism, violence, and other tactics from powerful corporate and government adversaries, and they have achieved some remarkable victories. We get to know two of these women – and learn of an indigenous womens uprising to protect Mother Earth.

Featuring:

Gloria Hilda Ushigua Santi, President of the Sapara Women’s Association in Ecuador. Aura Benilda Tegria, Legal Counsel to the Uwa people of Colombia.

Credits:

Producers: Women Rising Radio, Lynn Feinerman
Host: Sandina Robbins
Audio Engineer: Stephanie Welch
Voiceovers: Leila Salazar Lopez, Moira Birss (translations)

Making Contact staff:
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
Producer: Monica Lopez

Music Credits:
Maria de Lime Dorsey

Image Credits:
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