Voices Of Indigenous Women Human Rights Defenders From The Philippines

A short film produced by the Asia Indigenous People’s Pact and shared by Yes To Life, No To Mining investigates the non-recognition of Indigenous people’s rights to ancestral lands due to large-scale mining in the Philippines. It looks at the threats and challenges encountered and actions taken by several Indigenous women human rights defenders, such as Betty Belen, Mother Petra, Bai Lita Kundag, Marevic Aguirre, Christina Lanatao and Bai Madalna Kundag in their struggle for self-determination and collective rights against transnational corporations. Photo credit: Asia Indigenous Peoples’ Pact