Through the Small Projects Programme, indigenous women make progress in strategic design for the movement The Union of Indigenous Women of the Brazilian Amazon (União das Mulheres Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira: UMIAB) is committed to strengthening the...
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Worsening violence and state negligence disrupt the lives of the Guarani and Kaiowá people of Mato Grosso do Sul
Communities suffer impacts of the pandemic, territorial conflicts, chemical attacks using pesticides and religious intolerance For years, the daily lives of the Guarani and Kaiowá people in Mato Grosso do Sul have been marked by conflicts and different kinds of...
In partnership with CESE, CIMI takes support to indigenous peoples in Bahia and Minas Gerais affected by heavy rains
In December 2021, Bahia and Minas Gerais were two of the states that suffered the worst impacts of the heavy rains that affected certain regions in Brazil. Entire cities were flooded, families lost houses, property was destroyed, lives were cut short. ...
Indigenous women fundraise to promote political participation
With support from CESE, a significant number of Sateré Mawé women participated in the 2nd March for Indigenous Women in Brasilia. Sateré Mawé indigenous women feel more empowered and are actively participating in political discussions in the public arena and within...
Movements of Women from the Northeast share fundraising experiences and strategies in course run by CESE
A babassu coconut, a pot of mangaba fruit, a coconut ring, a walking cane, a shawl with a picture of an eye, handicrafts, a paper boat, a string of beads, an afro comb, a flag, a bandana, a blouse, books, a notebook, a pen and a microphone. These were the symbols of...
Seminar discusses aspects of land racism, sometimes nebulous, but always violent
The agricultural census published in 2017 by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística: IBGE) was the first to include race within data about the land. This ‘innovation’ confirmed something we have known for...
CESE launches podcast to strengthen fundraising for grassroots movements
On 05 April, CESE launched, on its YouTube channel, the podcast “The Fundraising Programme to Strengthen the Struggle”. The podcast is aimed at collectives, social movements and ecumenical and grassroots movements. In the format of a radio programme, five episodes, in...
CESE supports national mobilization for 18th Free Land Camp
Brasilia woke up to an occupation. On 4 April 2022, indigenous people from all the regions of Brazil took over the Federal District to fight the violence from big business that has hijacked the State in order to attack their rights. This was the beginning of the Free...
Riverside communities fight against installation of small hydroelectric centres
Riverside communities in Rio Grande, in southwest Bahia, struggle to have their traditions recognized and to preserve the rivers The waters of the Rio Grande Basin have changed. The communities have noted that the river does not rise as often as it used to, has lost...
Water: a right not a commodity
For 23 of her 30 years, Dalila Calisto, member of the Movement of People Affected by Dams (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens: MAB), lived in Alagamar, a hundred-year-old community in the municipality of Jaguaribara, in Ceará. The Jaguaribe River cut through the...