Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania, reflects on International Indigenous Women's Day

Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania, reflects on International Indigenous Women's Day

Territories of Life

10/09/2020 1:20AM

Episode Synopsis "Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania, reflects on International Indigenous Women's Day"

We spoke to Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania and co-chair of the thematic area of work on “sustaining territories of life” at the ICCA Consortium Council. We asked Sarah what International Women's Day meant to her, the importance of Pastoralist communities in the conservation of biodiversity, the role Indigenous women play in the defence of their territories of life, and their contributions to face climate breakdown and other threats.  Background music: Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - Be Africa (cc licence)

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