Colectivo de Mujeres del Gran Chaco Americano

The Colectivo de Mujeres del Gran Chaco Americano aims to support women in their territories by occupying spaces and places that promote peer-to-peer training and the circulation of knowledge using information technologies, intercultural communication and connectivity.

The organisation works across the American Chaco region located in Bolivia and Paraguay: a region with huge physical, economic and social-cultural diversity, and with large areas facing transport and mobility issues and limited communication and connection.

Small rural and indigenous women producers – mainly Guaraní and Wichis – work on a family scale in agricultural production and handicrafts. They often lack water, face insecurity of land tenure, environmental threats and are forced to relocate.

Over time, spaces have emerged that allow for the exchange of knowledge and experiences; offering spaces for listening and dialogue that cross geographical borders.

Colectivo de Mujeres del Gran Chaco Americano seeks to strengthen these spaces and catalyse journeys and more exchanges between women.

It seeks also to hold more regular tri-national meetings for:

  • Supporting strategies for the circulation of local knowledge.
  • Exchanging experiences.
  • Political training of its members.
  • Joint action in the face of common problems that challenge all women in Chaco.
  • It seeks to do all this while respecting and including the differences of each community.
  • Community
  • 2025
  • Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Award
Search and filter projects