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Indigenous women, leading the fight against climate change

Madrid, Dec. 4 (EFE), (Camera: Victoria Moreno).- From Asia to South America, Indigenous women's movements work together demanding more presence and recognition worldwide as frontline fighters against climate change.“Women have a crucial role in many aspects and we can contribute to the solution of the climate change,” Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn, from Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (Thailand), told EFE. As the ones who directly suffer the global warming effects, women from indigenous communities around the world claimed for their role in climate action during the ongoing 2019 Climate Summit.In most traditional communities, food security, healthcare are roles adopted by women. FOOTAGE OF 2019 CLIMATE SUMMIT AND INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S TALK ON WEDNESDAY IN MADRID. SOUNDBITES OF:-PIRAWAN WONGNITHISATHAPORN, ASIA INDIGENOUS PEOPLES PACT (THAILAND).-NAIJELIJELI TIPAP, PINGO'S FORUM (TANZANIA). -MELANIA CANALES, FROM ONAMIAP (PERU):“Indigenous women suffer triple discrimination: for being women, for being indigenous and for being poor.““And we talk about racism we say that is violence because in a way it psychologically affects you.”