Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales or Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights
Organization name
Red Latinoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Sociales y Ambientales or Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights
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Network
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Human rights Mining Women's rights Extractivism Land use Gender equality
Description/notes
The Latin American Network of Women Defenders of Social and Environmental Rights is a women's organization present in 11 Abya Yala countries that influences policies, projects and practices that contribute to the defence of the rights of our peoples, of nature and of the rights that are violated by extractive mining projects and that directly affect women. (website)
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38° 24' 57.96" S, 63° 37' 0.12" W