Dubai, United Arab Emirates — On Friday December 8, Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon and all of the biomes of Brazil will share calls for climate action from COP 28 to COP 30. This event is organized by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) and Amazon Watch at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. English and Portuguese interpretation provided. 

Following years of attacks on Indigenous land rights and widespread deforestation, Indigenous women organized at the grassroots level to national level resulting in recognition and demarcation of Indigenous lands to stop destruction from extractive industries and agribusiness. Now, they are organizing at the international level to ensure women's participation and leadership at all levels to bring forth solutions to the climate crisis on the route to COP 30 and beyond. This event features leaders and co-founders of ANMIGA (National Association of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors), including Célia Xakriabá, the first Indigenous woman from Minas Gerais to be elected to the Federal Congress in Brazil.

COP28 Event: Calls to Action from Indigenous Women Leaders from the Brazilian Amazon

When: Friday, December 8, 5:00 - 6:30 PM Dubai Time

Where: Women & Gender Constituency (WGC) Pavilion, B7, Building 90, 1st floor, Blue Zone

Who:

• Célia Xakriabá, Federal Deputy to the Chamber of Deputies in Brazil

• Puyr Tembe, Secretary of Indigenous Peoples from Para State, Brazil

• Braulina Baniwa, Executive Coordinator of ANMIGA, Brazil

• Others esteemed Indigenous women leaders from the Brazilian Amazon.