Indigenous women, Black women, women from low-income communities, women with disabilities and women from the Global South bear a significantly heavier burden from the impacts of climate change. So they must be included in the solution.
Author: Teresa Zapeta
Teresa Zapeta is the executive director of FIMI. She has worked as a government officer occupying the position of Indigenous women’s advocate and has been responsible for the Indigenous women program for the Central America region at U.N. Women.