Indigenous Women: Earth Defenders Speak Out from the Front Lines of Climate Change
– Today is Gender Day at the Climate Change Conference, a day that acknowledges the disproportionate impact of climate change on women, who make up 70 percent of the world’s poor. We hear from a panel of indigenous women from around the world who met off-site Monday to share their solutions to climate change. The event, hosted by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, featured indigenous women leaders on the front lines of defending the Earth from exploitation by fossil fuel companies. Speakers included Patricia Gualinga, a Kichwa leader from Sarayaku, Ecuador, and her niece, Nina Gualinga. In 2012, the Sarayaku won a case against the Ecuadorean government after a foreign oil company was permitted to encroach on their land. Watch all our reports from the climate summit in Lima, Peru on our website: Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,300+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday in the United States and around the world. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET at consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:Facebook: Twitter: : SoundCloud: Daily Email: Google+: +DemocracyNowInstagram: : :
