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Last week, a unique protest led by some indigenous women from various countries at COP26 was sort of a poignant memorial to bring attention to the violence that native women, queer, transgender, and two-spirit people face and at the hands of big oil and mining industries. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/02/cop26-indigenous-activists-climate-crisis
“The oil and gas industry, the polluters, those who are mining and destroying our Mother Earth, we hold them accountable for the harms that they are doing our homeland, to our earth and to the women of our communities,” Bineshi Albert, a protestor from the Yucci and Anishinaabe communities, told The Washington Post.
“We’re here to say: not one more.” These activists are voicing the fact that fossil fuel extraction has grave consequences for Native women and children, who face increased rates of sexual abuse, sex trafficking, and domestic abuse in places where big oil and mining companies set up shop. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-darkest-side-of-fossil-fuel-extraction/.
Not only does the ecological impact of climate change have the most impact on already marginalized groups — mostly Indigenous women — they also face new threats when extractive industries construct “man camps” to house workers. These industry worksites don’t just defile the land, they also create a trail of missing and murdered women. Tribal authorities often don’t have the jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute these crimes, and activists appealed to COP26 attendees to do something about it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/09/28/dark-side-of-the-boom/
At least 1,005 environmental and land rights defenders have been murdered since the Paris accords were signed six years ago, according to the international non-profit Global Witness. One in three of those killed were indigenous people, including many women.
At least $1.7bn of funding will be given directly to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in recognition of their key role in protecting the planet’s lands and forests, was announced at Cop26 on November 1. The governments of the UK, US, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands led the funding pledge, as part of ambitious global efforts to reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030, with campaigners cautiously hopeful that this conference of the parties (Cop) could be the first to properly champion indigenous peoples’ rights.
READ MORE: https://www.thelily.com/big-oil-is-making-violence-against-native-women-worse-cop26-protesters-say