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September 19, 2019
Urgent Climate Action Requires Defending the Defenders: Indigenous Peoples at Risk

Photo: Greta Thunberg and Guardians of the Forest, @GuardianesBos. As millions of children, youth, and their parents or mentors bravely take the streets around the world (in 150 countries!) this Friday, September 20, to strike for the climate; we at Awasqa have been thinking how it’s usually those who are most at risk who often…
September 13, 2019
Daupará: 10th Anniversary of an Indigenous Film Festival in Colombia

For 10 years now, the nonprofit Daupará in Colombia that has led the diffusion of indigenous video and cinema as well as organized yearly festivals with the goal of “conserving, strengthening and disseminating the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples, with emphasis on audiovisual production and sovereignty, contribute to the fabric of their own communication, reaffirming…

Urgent Climate Action Requires Defending the Defenders: Indigenous Peoples at Risk