“It is difficult enough to be a rights defender. But it is more difficult when one is a woman.”
Women take lead in defending land, rights, home
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‘Mining plunder takes away future for dev’t’
“What we lost is not just the resources, but what our country could have done to industrialize and provide jobs.”
Challenging the ‘failing science’ of mining TNCs
People’s scientists and communities are using science to make mining companies and governments accountable.
Global activists share courage, hope in mining confab
“All communities in the world will be able to organize, and stop all projects that are against life.”
Foreign mining companies vs global social movements
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In the last two decades, the global mining industry has tried to repair its image and whitewash its blackened record in the wake of public furor over mine “accidents” and stiff resistance by mining communities to their operations. It has launched a coordinated, well-funded, and sustained public relations campaign…
Woman tribal chieftain praised at int’l confab
“Refusal and resistance is an indictment of the state that boasts of respecting the rights of the indigenous peoples.”
Stronger int’l solidarity to confront mining TNCs
“There is no improvement in the quality of life in countries with mining.”
Historic int’l confab links global resistance vs mining TNCs, liberalization
“This historic gathering is a point of convergence for our heightened resistance to the intensifying plunder by mining TNCs under the rubric of neoliberal globalization.”
Int’l People’s Conference on Mining 2015: A call for global solidarity vs destructive mining
KALIBUTAN By CLEMENTE BAUTISTA Unified in addressing various people’s concerns on destructive mining across the globe, various environmental advocates, campaigners, and grassroots leaders worldwide will be launching the International People’s Conference on Mining 2015 (IPCM) in Quezon City, Philippines from July 30 to August 1, with the theme “Highlighting people’s lives and struggles in defense…