In this interview with FCAM, the Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres, María Antonia Recinos Ayala, president of the Santa Marta Women’s Organisation in El Salvador, speaks about her work advocating for young women’s rights in Central America since her youth, after experiencing how little control women had over state-protected development projects that destroyed the environment and communities. She now fights against mining projects in El Salvador and also advocates at the international level. Ayala participated in the COP22 meeting (22nd Conference of the Signatories of the United Nations Climate Change Convention), when she shared her anti-mining struggles and how important it is to have young women participating in decision-making processes for environmental justice.
