By Luisa Castañeda-Quintana, Executive Director, Land is Life Across forests, deserts, savannas, rivers, and international negotiation rooms, I have witnessed the same truth repeated in different forms: Indigenous Peoples are already building the solutions the world keeps searching for. I have listened to Indigenous women defenders, like Alicia Cahuiya, as
By Tania Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, Independent Researcher Ëyuujk World Water Day 2026, under the theme “Water and Gender,” and 2026 World Water Report, titled Water for All: Rights and Equal Opportunities underscores that when people lack the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, inequalities deepen, disproportionately affecting women
By Killa Becerra, Land is Life Coordinator of the Amazon Basin “In the Amazon, defending the territory is defending life itself; we feel deep pain for every hectare lost, every river that disappears, and every family displaced.” The words of a Traditional Doctor from the Cofán Indigenous People in Colombia
2026 – Cohort IV Open call Registration period: From October 6 to November 5, 2025 Land is Life invites Indigenous women leaders who are driving change in their communities to apply. We welcome proposals with clear and achievable goals that demonstrate a strong commitment to advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights, gender
By: Bestang Dekdeken, Land is Life Asia Coordinator Asia is home to an estimated 260 to 411 million Indigenous Peoples, around two-thirds of the global Indigenous population. These Peoples represent over 2,000 distinct civilizations and languages and inhabit diverse ecosystems, including mountains, plateaus, coastal areas, deserts, and rainforests. Their ways
By: Binota Dhamai, Member EMRIP Consent has long been a foundational practice within Indigenous communities, grounded in their inherent relationships to their lands and territories and governed by their own systems of law and decision-making. Long before the imposition of colonial borders and legal frameworks, Indigenous Peoples maintained sovereignty over
