HISTORIC ROLES: Indigenous women's role in governance eroded by colonialism

The historic role of women in community and governance, and the work in front of women to remember what colonization has ...
Mongabay

The Indigenous women changing the course of their communities

Indigenous women leaders play a key role as defenders of their territories, biodiversity and ancestral knowledge. From their communities, they lead environmental restoration, collective health care, ...
The Kenya Times on MSN

Meet five African women using their PhDs to change Africa’s future

Five African women are leading research and community-focused initiatives aimed at solving some of Africa’s biggest challenges, from health systems to climate change and governance. Armed with PhDs ...
National Catholic Reporter

In Africa's Congo Basin, Indigenous peoples lose homes to conservation efforts

Bernard Messono today lives by the roadside. A 28-year-old Indigenous Baka man from Elango village in Cameroon's East Region, he was forced out of his natural home in the forest by encroaching logging ...