Women play a fundamental role in the preservation of biodiversity and ancestral knowledge, and the management and defence of Amazonian land and water. However, these contributions often go unrecognised.

The Women of Influence project – a partnership between UEA, PUCP, ONAMIAP and OMIAASEC - highlights the importance for Indigenous women to participate actively and be supported with the tools to exercise influence in their communities.

Working alongside a group of young Indigenous women in the Peruvian Amazon region of Junín, this project has sought to understand and make visible the work that these women have undertaken as community members and future leaders.  Through participatory work, we are working to support their ambitions, expand further their networks, enhance their visibility and probe their spheres of influence in the context of environment, social, cultural and political risk.

Find out more here.