Laura Yawanawá is one the participants of our program Columbia Women's Leadership Network in Brazil (2021), and together with her husband Chief Tashka Yawanawá, she leads the Yawanawá people in Acre, Brazil -- a tribe that stewards almost 500,000 acres of Amazon rainforest. As footage of the Amazon burning shocks the world's consciousness, Tashka and Laura call for us to transform this moment into an opportunity to support indigenous people who have the experience, knowledge and tools needed to protect the land.
Chief Tashka Yawanawá and Laura Yawanawá represent the critical perspective often missed in the discussions about the future of indigenous people in Brazil: that of the indigenous people themselves.
Click here to watch Laura saying a few words about the Columbia Women's Leadership Nerwork.
