International Women’s Day 2016 Statement

Friends of the Earth International issued a statement on International Women's Day 2016 to protest the murder of Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Lenca leader and environmental justice activist in Honduras. The organization denounces the Honduran government for aiding transnational corporations in the appropriation of community territories and for the persecution of peaceful dissent. The statement links environmental justice to the end of violence against women and calls for an independent investigation into Cáceres' assassination, an end to impunity, and a stop to paramilitary activities in Honduras.

• Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Lenca leader and co-founder of the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), was murdered in the Intibuca department of Honduras on March 3, 2016.
• The Honduran government is accused of facilitating the theft of the commons and territories by transnational corporations, implementing mining and damming projects without consulting affected populations, and cracking down on peaceful dissent since the 2009 coup.
• The document argues that environmental justice is unattainable without ending all forms of violence against women and the exploitation of their reproductive and productive work, asserting that both nature and women's work are treated as infinite resources for exploitation by elite groups within a patriarchal, racist capitalist system.
• Friends of the Earth International, supporting COPINH, demands an independent investigation into the assassination of Berta Cáceres involving international experts, an end to impunity, and the cessation of foreign-supported paramilitary activities and persecution of indigenous rights defenders in Honduras.

APA

admin (2016). International Women’s Day 2016 Statement. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/international-womens-day-2016-statement/

Chicago

admin. International Women’s Day 2016 Statement. Friends of the Earth International, 2016. https://www.foei.org/international-womens-day-2016-statement/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=International Women’s Day 2016 Statement |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=7 March 2016 |url=https://www.foei.org/international-womens-day-2016-statement/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2016international, author = {admin}, title = {{International Women’s Day 2016 Statement}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2016}, month = mar, url = {https://www.foei.org/international-womens-day-2016-statement/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }