Defenders of the Amazon - Instituto Igarapé (original) (raw)

In this infographic, we present the results of a survey with 287 women from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru who defend the Amazon.

A region characterized by conflicts, the Amazon records twice the number of cases of violence against women.

In the Guide to Protection for Women Defenders of Human Rights and the Environment in the Amazon, we demonstrate how to carry out a personal risk analysis and propose self-protection and care measures, along with a list of contacts to establish a protection network.

In this report, we present the perspective of defenders from the Brazilian Amazon basin, edetailing their experiences and proposals for addressing the region’s conflicts. Central to this issue is the violence they face: the study reveals that between 2012 and 2022, women in the Legal Amazon region who are advocating for environmental and human rights suffered 765 attacks, of which 36 were fatal.