Human rights defender’s story: Bárbara Astudillo, from Chile
‘We strongly believe that we must push the gender perspective, that we must work with the present and future generations, and that also puts their lives at risk, because they are looking for their birthright. And [these risks] should not be normalised in our world, as we look to reach what is known as climate justice.'
Bárabara Astudillo is an environmental human rights defender and ecofeminist from Chile’s Petroca Province.
She spoke to ISHR about what drove her to work in the defence of environmental human rights, how she believes present and future generations should take action to protect their ‘brithright’, and on the power and value of the Escazú agreement for the work of environmental activists in the Americas and beyond.