Peruvian Women Defenders of the Amazon: Virtual Meeting with simultaneous translation
April 30th, 2025 | 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm CST
Speakers:
Ruth Buendia. Ruth is a renowned Ashaninka Indigenous leader and an environmental activist from the Peruvian Amazon. As former president of the Central Ashaninka del Rio Ene (CARE), she led a successful opposition to two hydroelectric projects that threatened to flood and displace her people. For her efforts, she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014. At the age of 12, she was displaced by the internal armed conflict in Peru, an experience that shaped her lifelong fight for the territorial and cultural rights of indigenous peoples.
Jane Shirley Mori. Jane is an Agroforestry and Aquaculture Engineer from the Shipibo-Konibo people. She works with Indigenous communities in her region of Ucayali, on projects led by NGOs and Indigenous organizations that align with her professional training. She serves as a facilitator on topics such as empowerment, sexual education, traditional crafts, soft skills, communal governance, strategic planning, life plans, productive activities, and territorial monitoring committees. She currently works as an extension agent at the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation.