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Equal Rights for Women is a major category, like energy or climate change, of sustainability and the voices in this collection are of the present and the past.

If we don't address human rights and social justice of which the sustainability keywords and phrases include children's rights and welfare; human trafficking, slavery, and women's rights and roles, then as David Korten points out, we will not be able to come to terms with the limits of the planet and not even technology will be able to save us. 

 

Curated by mokiethecat

June 29, 2026

The Amazon Rainforest faces critical threats from deforestation and extractive industries, particularly in Ecuador, where deforestation surged 80% in 2021, destroying 18,902 hectares. This crisis violates Indigenous rights and endangers women land defenders.

The WECAN Indigenous Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon Reforestation and Forest Protection project, led by Kichwa leader Patricia Gualinga, is actively restoring and defending 135,000 hectares of Sarayaku territory.

This initiative safeguards endemic tree species, supports land defender rights, and advocates against deforestation, without relying on market-based mechanisms like carbon offsets. Learn more about their ongoing programming.


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