[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [/vc_column][vc_column width='2/3'] ProDESC presents this Practical Guide to Community Security for Women Defenders, built upon our previous publication “Community Security and Territory”. This guide focuses on strengthening the security of women working at the community level, recognizing their diverse identities and the multiple forms of...
[vc_row][vc_column width='1/3'] [/vc_column][vc_column width='2/3'] Lithium Fever: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Under Attack in Jujuy, Argentina The following report is structured in five parts. The first sets out the context of the lack of protection of indigenous land rights and the expansion of lithium extractivism surrounding the adoption of the...
[vc_row][vc_column width='1/6'][/vc_column][vc_column width='2/3'] Donate so that the organized women workers of the Sinaloa Temporary Migrant Workers Coalition receive training with gender perspective and continue fighting for their labor rights. Olivia is a woman originally from the port of Topolobampo in Sinaloa. Given the few job opportunities offered...
[vc_row][vc_column width='1/6'][/vc_column][vc_column width='4/6'] The second edition of the Comprehensive Security Course for environmental defenders in Mexico City, held on August 4 and 5, concluded successfully. This course is part of the “Protecting People, Protecting Nature” (P3N) initiative. The event, organized by ProDESC in collaboration with ELAW,...
[vc_row][vc_column width='1/6'][/vc_column][vc_column width='4/6'] The most recent generation of community defenders from the School of Transnational Justice (EJT in Spanish) celebrated their graduation ceremony on July 1 in Mexico City. Thirty-three defenders from 13 states of the Mexican Republic and six Latin American countries gathered here, namely:...
[vc_row][vc_column width='1/6'][/vc_column][vc_column width='4/6'] London, UK & Washington, DC – The Freedom Fund and the Human Trafficking Legal Center are launching the Coalition Against Forced Labour in Trade – a global network of civil society organisations working to introduce and enforce import bans against goods made using...
Spanish energy firm Renovalia Energy must vacate and return land to Zapotec community members of Unión Hidalgo, Mexico - According to the sentence, the Mexican subsidiary Demex is obliged to vacate some of the land of the Piedra Larga wind farm, located on communal lands of...
The publication by the European Commission of a proposal for a directive on corporate due diligence and sustainability represents an important step for those of us who for months have been participating in consultations, forums and debates with high expectations that the proposal can crystallise...
