Alejandra Parra’s Zero Waste battle in southern Chile
Environmental defender Alejandra Parra continues to oppose a waste-to-energy incinerator in the south of Chile, despite rising danger for activists.
Lautaro has all the makings...
Justice denied: obstetric violence in Argentina
The extreme backlash against feminism and subsequent attack on women's rights by the government in Argentina has impacted women in different ways. One victim...
Equality under attack in Argentina
‘People are feeling impotent; marching raises our hopes’, says Claudia Hasanbegovic, the femicide lawyer WRV's Marilyn Thomson spoke to for this alarming piece on...
Mapuche community accused of arson with scant evidence
Moira Millán’s community, Lof Pillañ Mahuiza, has been targeted and raided by government authorities. This piece was republished from the Esperanza Project, who translated...
Confronting racism and gendered violence in Guerrero
On 27 January 2025, the collective Mujeres Colibrí, Defensoras de la Vida (Hummingbird Women, Defenders of Life) presented their research on the multiple forms of violence experienced by Indigenous and Afro-descendant women in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, to state representatives and local media.
Chiapas: women in rebellion and resistance
LAB council member Elva Narcía Cancino reports from Chiapas, Mexico, where Zapatista indigenous women meet for a training day for Resistance and Rebellion -- against the background of rising levels of violence fueled by drug trafficking gangs and a government which has been ineffectual at best.
Women Resisting Violence published in Spanish
The collectively-written book Women Resisting Violence, published in English by LAB in 2022, has now been released online in Spanish by Cita Press. This...
Women criminalized for resisting gas extraction in Bolivian nature reserve
Campesina women in the Tariquía National Reserve stand up against impending gas extraction which will have detrimental impacts on the environment and local communities’ ways of life.
Painful truths from Rio de Janeiro and London
The content of the book is painful but also full of hope. It aims to better understand the ‘painful truths’ of gendered violence in cities, bringing to light the stories of many women on the receiving end as victims and survivors and the ways in which women challenge violence through resistance and creative practices as agents.
The oligarchy in mining is bad for all of us –...
In the second of two articles, mining engineer Laurence Morris describes how the oligarchy of the 'Big Five' mining companies operates and the negative consequences of their monopoly of power, influence and resources.
