"For defending and protecting and respecting the rights of my organization, I am currently being threatened by the [mining] company. The Shuar Arutam people demand and cry out to the world that the company must withdraw immediately from all mining. We want to live free from pollution on our lands."
– Josefina Tunki

Across the Amazon Basin, women are on the front lines resisting extractive industries like mining and organizing in defense of their lives, rights, and territories. Today, Amazonian Women Defenders are taking the helm of anti-mining movements sweeping Ecuador and Brazil. They are calling on all of us to join them in resisting extraction to keep standing forests standing.

In honor of International Women’s Day, will you make a gift in solidarity with Women Defenders of the Amazon? Your donation will be doubled by generous donors!

100% of your donation will be matched and goes directly to our program work!

In the face of extractive violence, Women Defenders are guiding solutions. We are proud and grateful to support their work and wellbeing through our Women Defenders Program. We fund women’s projects because their impact extends beyond women – it changes entire communities and our collective climate future. Your support today directly uplifts Indigenous women’s priorities, wellness, healing, organizing, collective economies, and so much more.

International Women’s Day is a call to action for all of us to celebrate and center women’s contributions to the protection of the Amazon and our Earth. Because of the success of our work in deep partnership with the women of the Amazon and the urgency needed to secure our next collective victory, a small group of generous donors will match your gift through the month of March. Join us today in recognizing the vital work of Women Defenders by donating in support of their rights and solutions.

Thank you for your solidarity with Women Defenders of the Amazon, and happy International Women’s Day!

For the Amazon,

Leila Salazar-López
Executive Director

P.S. Hear directly from Indigenous women leaders on our blog today!