Sophia Hernandez, Program Associate
Todo comenzó con un grupo de chat entre amigos en WhatsApp, quienes buscábamos la manera de ayudar a los afectados por el terremoto.
Sophia Hernandez, Program Associate
It all started with a WhatsApp group chat between friends looking for ways to help those affected by the quake.
Otto Saki, Office of Southern Africa
Around the world, corporations are using Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to silence environmental activists.
Ivana Fertziger, Program Officer, Mexico and Central America
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Ximena Warnaars, Program Associate, Natural Resources and Climate Change
El Salvador's Congress voted to prohibit metallic mining, putting aside their differences to protect human health and the environment.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
It has now been a year since the courageous environmental activist and indigenous leader Berta Cáceres was murdered in Honduras, and those responsible still have not been brought to justice.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Graham Macmillan, Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments
Penny Davies, Program Officer, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Ford Foundation program officers reflect on the progress made in the past year since the Paris Climate Agreement was adopted, the roles of business and indigenous land rights in combating climate change, and how countries are moving from planning to implementation.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Graham Macmillan, Senior Program Officer, Mission Investments
Penny Davies, Program Officer, Natural Resources and Climate Change
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Protecting our forests and restoring indigenous peoples' rights over their land will keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and slow the rate of global climate change.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Derechos indígenas a la tierra: Una solución efectiva y de bajo costo ante el cambio climático, y justo a tiempo
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
The documentary When Two Worlds Collide captures the conflict between indigenous communities determined to protect their tribal lands, and government-supported business interests eager to open those lands up to oil drilling, mining, and clear-cutting.
Jacqueline Burton, Program Associate, Just Cities and Regions
A pesar de que los grandes acuerdos intergubernamentales son negociados y adoptados por los gobiernos nacionales, son las autoridades regionales y locales quienes entienden mejor las necesidades y desafíos locales y son, en última instancia, los responsables de establecer un desarrollo equitativo en sus regiones.
Javier Ciurlizza, Director, Andean Region
Javier Ciurlizza, the Ford Foundation’s Andean Region representative, discusses the strategy behind the opening of a new regional headquarters in Bogotá, Colombia, inequality in Colombia, the historic peace agreement, and what’s ahead for the region.
Javier Ciurlizza, Director, Andean Region
El 5 de septiembre de 2016, la Fundación Ford abrirá una nueva oficina regional en Bogotá (Colombia), la cual se convertirá en la sede central de nuestras labores en la Región Andina. Javier Ciurlizza, director de la fundación para esta región, habla sobre la estrategia que motivó el traslado, así como la desigualdad en Colombia, el histórico acuerdo de paz y lo que le espera a la región en el futuro.
Justin Sylvester, Program Officer, Southern Africa
The worst-hit countries were Brazil, Colombia, and the Philippines, and nearly 40 percent of victims were members of indigenous groups.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Indigenous peoples are stewards of their ancestral land, vital to keeping our planet healthy and fighting climate change.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Si bien cada vez se está prestando mayor atención a los derechos indígenas, la mayoría de las personas aún no entienden estas cuestiones y cómo están conectadas con sus propias vidas. Pensé que sería útil explicar los principios básicos en materia de derechos indígenas: qué son, exactamente por qué están siendo amenazadas estas comunidades, y por qué desempeñan un papel fundamental en el abordaje del cambio climático.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Director of Natural Resources and Climate Change David Kaimowitz reflects on the courageous life and work of indigenous rights leader Berta Cáceres
Lori McGlinchey, Senior Program Officer, Internet Freedom
Vivek Malhotra, Director, Civil and Human Rights
Eric K. Ward, Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Ford staff recount their most memorable social justice moments from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.
Penny Davies, Program Officer, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Altaf Rahamatulla, Program Associate, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Laine Romero-Alston, Program Officer, Future of Work
Eric K. Ward, Program Officer, Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice
Foundation staff weigh in on Obama's final State of the Union, and his takes on criminal justice reform, raising the minimum wage, climate change, discrimination, and inequality
Penny Davies, Program Officer, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Margaret A. Rugadya, Program Officer
Landesa honored with Hilton Humanitarian Prize for "extraordinary contributions to alleviating human suffering"
Rosemary Okello Orlale, Program Officer
Ford partners are working with local communities, the private sector, and government to help residents secure rights over natural resources in the Turkana Basin.
Jerry Maldonado, Senior Program Officer, Just Cities and Regions
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, Ford Foundation reflects on the progress and philanthropy's investment in New Orleans and the work ahead.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
The best thing about Berta Cáceres receiving the Goldman Environmental Prize, and being recognized internationally for her grassroots efforts to protect the environment, is that it means she is still alive.
David Kaimowitz, Director, Natural Resources and Climate Change
Deforestation is a major cause of global warming, and so we all have a stake in helping indigenous communities defend their resources.
Eryn Loeb, Editor
In anticipation of Showtime's premier of The Years of Living Dangerously, a documentary series supported by the foundation, Steve Rhee, who works on community rights over natural resources and climate change from our office in Jakarta, discusses the human impact of climate change.
