Women Environmental and Human Rights Defenders #1 - Carmen Capriles

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The “Women Environmental and Human Rights Defenders” series is a Magazine Libera segment where women defending nature and the environment discuss their work, vision, and provide economic, social, political, and cultural analysis to the current environmental issues affecting their countries. Topics covered include ecofeminism, land defenders, indigenous rights, biodiversity conservation, destructive environmental policies, and resistance to extractive economies.

GUEST SPEAKER – Carmen Capriles is the general coordinator of Reacción Climática, a voluntary organization based in Bolivia that aims to raise awareness about climate change. She is also the coordinator of WECAN (Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network, International) for Latin America and the Caribbean.

NOTE: This interview with Carmen Capriles where she talked about the work she has been doing for the passing of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, also known as the “Escazú Agreement”, was recorded on October 27th. And on November 5th Mexico approved the ratification of the “Escazú Agreement”. Thus, Mexico has become the eleventh country to ratify it, the minimum requirement for its entry into force.