Sônia Guajajara and Samela Sateré-Mawé are fighting for the recognition of Indigenous rights and land preservation in Brazil.
, a grassroots Brazilian Indigenous women's movement channeling the energy, wisdom and knowledge of ancestral female warriors to mobilize communities and fight for environmental and social justice., where they were part of the largest Indigenous delegation in history, to learn more about their work and find out what people around the world can do to support the cause.
At 15 I went to boarding high school to study to be a teacher. Those were decisive years, where I realized that I had opportunities that others did not have. —coordinated by my mother and then my grandmother—that fought for the right to self-affirmation and identity within the city of Manaus. Indigenous women were brought from their territories and when they arrived in the city they had to deal with social and economic violence, abuse, and also a loss of their identities.
Sônia: When we saw that attacks and violence against Indigenous people were increasing, and all these anti-Indigenous measures being pushed through the National Congress and Federal Supreme Court, we realized that there was no use just standing there because we were losing rights. We were dying just the same, even if it was from the [COVID-19] virus. So we decided to get up and mobilize. The theme of the second rally was “Original Women Reforesting Minds to Cure the Earth.
What are your takeaways from COP26? Anything that surprised or disappointed you? What about Brazil's participation? Sônia Guajajara pictured in a “Meet the Real Climate Leaders” campaign created by the activist organizationDigital collage: Mavi Morai; photo: Marizilda Cruppe[Nationally Determined Contributions] instead of the usual optimistic and nebulous long-term promises. We should pay attention to this, because in order to meet the 1.5-degree target set by the Paris Agreement, carbon dioxide emissions, the main greenhouse gas, need to fall by 45% [in relation to 2010 levels] by 2030.
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