EIWEN | 2026 Activities & Impact

Community knowledge. Collective action. Lasting change.

EIWEN works alongside Indigenous women, girls, young people, elders and persons with disabilities. Our approach connects community knowledge and leadership with advocacy, inclusive development and practical responses to climate and livelihood challenges.

2026 Activities & Community Impact

Stories of participation, learning and action across EIWEN’s areas of work.

EIWEN motherhood and matrimonial kinship community training

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Activity 01 · Women’s leadership

Motherhood, Matrimonial Kinship and Women’s Resilience

With support from the Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples, EIWEN brought women together to reflect on motherhood, kinship relationships, leadership and community wellbeing. These connections are important sources of care, identity and mutual support—especially as rising lake levels, climate stress and shrinking livelihoods place additional pressure on families.

Why it matters: Strengthening women’s voices, intergenerational knowledge and community support systems helps families navigate change while sustaining cultural ties and care for the environment.

MotherhoodKinshipWomen’s leadership

EIWEN team developing its strategic plan

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Activity 02 · Institutional development

Shaping EIWEN’s Strategic Direction

EIWEN’s strategic planning process brought the team together to reflect on community priorities, organizational strengths and the work needed to deliver meaningful, inclusive change. The planning process supports clearer priorities across sustainable livelihoods, food sovereignty, health and nutrition, rights advocacy, communications and institutional development.

Why it matters: A shared direction helps EIWEN strengthen accountability, coordinate programmes and respond to the priorities identified by Indigenous communities.

PlanningAccountabilitySystems strengthening

Community agroecology or Healing the Land activity

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Activity 03 · Food and livelihoods

Healing the Land Through Agroecology

Through agroecology and community learning, EIWEN promotes practical approaches such as kitchen and cone gardens, locally appropriate food production and environmentally responsible farming. These approaches can help women, young people and persons with disabilities strengthen food access and build more resilient livelihoods.

Why it matters: Healthy soils, diverse crops and reduced reliance on harmful chemicals can support food sovereignty, biodiversity and resilience to changing weather conditions.

AgroecologyFood sovereigntyClimate resilience

Community discussion on Indigenous biocultural rights and protocols

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Activity 04 · Indigenous rights

Strengthening Biocultural Rights and Inclusive Advocacy

EIWEN works with Indigenous communities and partners to strengthen understanding of Indigenous biocultural protocols, resource rights and community-led decision-making. This work connects cultural knowledge and stewardship of land and natural resources with climate resilience and inclusive advocacy, including the participation of women and persons with disabilities.

Why it matters: Communities need meaningful participation in decisions affecting their territories, cultural heritage, resources and future.

Biocultural rightsLand and resourcesInclusion

Community engagement on inclusive education for children with disabilities

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Activity 05 · Disability inclusion

Working Towards Inclusive Education and Equal Opportunity

EIWEN’s inclusion work engages communities and stakeholders to understand barriers faced by Indigenous children with disabilities and to promote fair access to education and services. Listening to families, community leaders and schools helps identify challenges and community-led opportunities for change.

Why it matters: Every child deserves dignity, accessibility and an equal opportunity to learn, participate and thrive, regardless of disability.

Disability rightsEducationEqual opportunity

Indigenous community members sharing beekeeping knowledge

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Activity 06 · Nature-positive livelihoods

Indigenous Beekeeping and Biodiversity Conservation

EIWEN supports knowledge exchange on beekeeping as a nature-positive livelihood that can contribute to household income, pollination and biodiversity conservation. Indigenous knowledge, community learning and practical information can help strengthen sustainable beekeeping practices across generations.

Why it matters: Protecting pollinators and their habitats supports healthy ecosystems while creating opportunities for community-led livelihoods.

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Community-led environmental restoration or wetland conservation

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Activity 07 · Climate and Environment

Protecting Ecosystems and Community Natural Resources

EIWEN’s environmental work recognises Indigenous women and communities as important stewards of land, forests, wetlands and water sources. Community-led restoration and the sharing of traditional ecological knowledge can strengthen local responses to environmental degradation and climate change.

Why it matters: Healthy ecosystems help sustain water, food, biodiversity, cultural practices and livelihoods for present and future generations.

RestorationWater and wetlandsClimate action

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Working together for lasting impact

EIWEN works with community members, Indigenous organizations, civil society and development partners. Partner acknowledgements should be matched to the specific activity and the support confirmed in the original project communications.

Featured partner: Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples — support for the motherhood and matrimonial kinship activity.

Endorois Indigenous Women Empowerment Network

Indigenous women leading change, protecting rights and restoring our land.