Ressources

The Forest Peoples Programme’s Gender Programme aims to amplify Indigenous women’s voices, stories, and contributions to their collective land rights movements, community governance, and self-determination. 

El Programa de Género de Forest Peoples Programme busca amplificar las voces, las historias y las contribuciones de las mujeres indígenas a sus movimientos colectivos por los derechos a la tierra, la gobernanza comunitaria y la autodeterminación.

FPP spoke to Kichwa leader Marisol García Apagueño about barriers for women leaders, her participation in COP26 and COP27, and the importance of intercultural Kichwa women's workshops.

FPP habló con lideresa kichwa Marisol García Apagueño sobre las barreras para las mujeres líderes, su participación en la COP26 y la COP 27 y la importancia de los talleres interculturales de mujeres kichwas.

Kichwa leader Marisol García Apagueño talks about her experiences at the World Climate COP at Sharm El-Sheikh in November 2022.

Lideresa Kichwa, Marisol García Apagueño, habla de sus experiencias de la Cumbre Mundial del Clima en Egipto, noviembre de 2022.

Lidya Liyio is a member of the Mau Ogiek, and shared a powerful speech on the last day of the Indigenous Women's Exchange at Chepkitale, Mouth Elgon, Kenya.

Between February 28 – March 3, 2022, the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP) and FPP organized a 3-day Indigenous Women’s Exchange at Chepkitale, Mount Elgon, Kenya.

Between February 28 – March 3, 2022, the Chepkitale Indigenous Peoples’ Development Project (CIPDP) and FPP organized a 3-day Indigenous Women’s Exchange at Chepkitale, Mount Elgon, Kenya.

This short documentary highlights the work that Indigenous women are doing in Cameroon to safeguard their livelihoods, secure their territories, and to their develop leadership skills.  Co-created by FPP and created with Gbabandi, the platform for Cameroon's Indigenous forest peoples. 

Immaculata Casimero is a Wapichan woman and is a member of the Wapichan Wiizi Women’s Movement, as well as being Communications Officer at the South Rupununi District Council. She spoke to us about her work carrying out women’s rights workshops in communities, how the Wapichan peoples are affected by climate change, and how indigenous voices were represented at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.

Nelsith Sangama Sangama es una lideresa del pueblo Kichwa e integrante del equipo de Forest Peoples Programme en San Martín, Perú. Ofrece reflexiones en base a las experiencias de las mujeres kichwa del cuidado y gobernanza de sus territorios, las estrategias con que han enfrentado la pandemia y los desafíos y propuestas que surgen de las mujeres en este momento.

Nelsith Sangama Sangama es una lideresa del pueblo Kichwa e integrante del equipo de Forest Peoples Programme en San Martín, Perú. Ofrece reflexiones en base a las experiencias de las mujeres kichwa del cuidado y gobernanza de sus territorios, las estrategias con que han enfrentado la pandemia y los desafíos y propuestas que surgen de las mujeres en este momento.