Nancy Bedón is the vice president of the Union of Peasant Organizations of Esmeraldas (UOCE), part of the Indigenous movement that called for the ongoing national strike in response to measures taken ...

Indigenous women fight for the ball during a "handball with anaco" match in the Indigenous community of Turucu, Ecuador, Friday, June 14, 2024. One year ago, a group of women decided to create a new ...

In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente (Women and the Environment) has developed an innovative way to dye and stitch fibers from the cabuya plant, an ...