Bernarda Pesoa and her struggles: land, water, community
Bernarda Pesoa is 41 years old. She has two daughters, three sons and three grandchildren. She lives in Villa Hayes, in the Presidente Hayes department, where the Paraguayan Chaco begins. Bernarda is Qom, she is a craftswoman and a human rights activist. Her house is...
Feminist solutions to the climate crisis: Fondo de Mujeres del Sur at CSW66
This year, for the first time, the central theme of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) was linked to the climate crisis, its impact and gender-sensitive solutions. The CSW is the largest United Nations (UN) meeting about gender equality. For FMS, it meant an...
“Today is it the Women—the Ecoterritorial Feminists—who Build the Future”
We asked Argentine researcher and writer Maristella Svampa (*) to give a talk on ecofeminism,land-territory and local experiences of environmental defence as part of the Political Training Conferences organised by Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (FMS) in 2021. We’re sharing...
The AMI Organisation Transforms a Brothel into a Cultural Centre/School Focused on Gender and Diversity
“Transforming a Site of Sexual Exploitation to One Where People’s Rights Are Respected.” That is how the founders of Asociación Mundo Igualitario (Equal World Association, or AMI), an organisation in the city of Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires Province, Argentina)...
Climate Justice as a Response to the Crisis: We Participated at the Cop 26 Summit
On Saturday, November 6, at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, we joined the panel discussion organised by Euroclima+ on the protection of ecosystems from the perspectives of climate justice, gender and vulnerable groups. The climate crisis hits the...
The political participation of women in Paraguay: key to a solid and true democracy
There are elections on Sunday, October 10, 2021 in Paraguay. We asked Marcella Zub Centeno, a feminist lawyer specialising in gender and human rights, to write about the political participation of women in Paraguay and about the opportunities and obstacles in these...
Mapik: The Carob Tree Women
During lockdown, the Mocoví community in the town of Tostado (Santa Fe Province, Argentina) was left without drinking water. The women who are part of Mapik, an organisation supported by Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (FMS) under the Strengthening Environmental Defenders...
A well-defined and persistent strategy
On June 19, it was two years since domestic workers in Paraguay were granted a fundamental right: equal pay. This report is on the Domestic Workers’ Union of Itapúa (SINTRADI), an organisation supported by Fondo de Mujeres del Sur and a protagonist in this process...
The story behind VUDAS or how a group of women stood up against the heart of agribusiness
Original Text: Eloísa OlivaImage editing: Natalia RocaTranslation: Christina Hamilton “There is a photo of Carmen, standing in front of a truck full of grain, with her rake. She stopped the truck and called us ‘Come on, come on, I have him stopped here! Hurry up!’...
Casa Comunidad, a feminist and grassroot strategy for a more liveable world
“For us, the popular[1] is just as important as the feminist”. The phrase summarises in a few words several hours of conversation with four women who are part of Casa Comunidad [2] (CC). We invite you to read about this powerful feminist...
Ten Women Photographers Gathered their Perspectives for Gender Equality
This is an initiative of the Fondo de Mujeres del Sur, together with María Wonda Gallery. The exhibition "Miradas de mujeres" (Women’s Gazes) remained open to the public from 10 to 31 May at the Club House "Las Delicias". Ten women photographers from different...
We Ran with Dozens of Women in Support of Water Defenders
We began to move the agenda of events for our 10 years transforming realities. The FMS participated in a marathon for the International Women's Day. We disseminated and made visible the cause of the women in the defence of water. On Sunday, March 18, the executive...
FMS in the American Chaco: Don’t Miss the Video about the Environmental Defenders Programme
We travel to the American Chaco to register and make visible the struggle of women who defend their environmental rights, and tell you what our mission is as a women's fund. https://youtu.be/ZZgPHiX6peY?si=MEGYpuQP4yU-2U9y
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