5 Indigenous women leaders you should know about

Lola Cabnal is a Mayan Q’eqchí woman from a rural community in the municipality of Livingston, Guatemala. She is the Chair of the Council of Indigenous Women and Biodiversity, and a climate advocacy strategist for <a href="https://thegtfund.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Ak’ Tenamit Association.</a> Lola is also among the Indigenous peoples’ and civil society representatives to the <a href="https://www.un-redd.org/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">UN-REDD Programme</a>’s Executive Board, where she has given voice to the perspective of Indigenous women and communities, reinforcing UN-REDD’s inclusive, gender-responsive, rights-based approach. Indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent communities are disproportionately impacted by climate injustices and are often left out of the political decision-making process, even though they are rights and knowledge holders. <a href="https://undp.medium.com/5-indigenous-women-leaders-you-should-know-about-709524254839">Read More</a>