Indigenous Women Resisting Extraction and Building a Just Transition | WECAN at UNPFII

On April 21, 2026, WECAN hosted a series of panels with extraordinary speakers at our event, Indigenous Women Resisting Extraction and Building a Just Transition, during the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (#UNPFII). Speakers shared updates from current campaigns defending Indigenous territories from extraction, discussed the impacts of colonization, fossil fuels, mining, and climate disruption. They also showcased powerful community projects for Just Transition and climate resilience, and offered strategies grounded in rights, traditional knowledge, and sovereignty. Thank you to the wonderful speakers! — Aeisatu Bouba (Mbororo), Founder and Executive Director, Cameroon Indigenous Women Forum (CAIWOF), Cameroon — Andrea Cuji Mancilla (Kichwa), Kichwa Native Peoples of Sarayaku Secretary, Jallinga Foundation Organizational Support, Amazonian Women Defenders of the Jungle Collective, WECAN Project Lead, Ecuador — Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Nation Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/USA — Great-Grandmother Mary Lyons (Leech Lake Ojibwe), Ojibwe Elder, Author, Women of Wellbriety, International, United Nations Observer on Women/Indigenous Issues, Turtle Island/USA — Jackeline Odicio (Kakataibo), Kakataibo Women's Federation from Peruvian Amazon, Peru — Janene Yazzie (Diné), Director of Global Programmes, The Woven Project, Turtle Island — Josefina Tunki (Shuar), Shuar Indigenous woman leader from Ecuadorian Amazon and President of TICCA Consortium, Ecuador — Julia Horinek (Ponca Nation), Global North Indigenous Organizer for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) Indigenous Council, Plains Organizer for Movement Rights, WECAN Project Coordinator, Turtle Island/USA — Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, WECAN Coordinator in Ecuador, Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazonicas, Ecuador Read WECAN’s highlights and advocacy from the 25th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in our blog, tinyurl.com/WECAN-UNPFII2026-blog