{"id":9199,"date":"2024-07-03T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundaciocodespa.org\/bioemprendimientos-de-las-mujeres-waorani-en-la-amazonia-ecuatoriana\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T15:02:20","slug":"bioenterprises-of-waorani-women-in-the-equadorian-amazon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundaciocodespa.org\/en\/bioenterprises-of-waorani-women-in-the-equadorian-amazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio-enterprises of Waorani women in the Ecuadorian Amazon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Transparencia de Fundaci\u00f3 CODESPA Catalunya<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Strengthening bio-entrepreneurship as a sustainable livelihood for Waorani women in the Ecuadorian Amazon.\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Between January and December 2023, the CODESPA Foundation carried out the project “Economic Recovery and Sustainable Livelihoods for Waorani Women in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Promoting Their Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (ESCER) and Gender Equality”<\/a>, thanks to the support of ACCD (Catalan Agency for Development Cooperation). The objective was to contribute to improving the income of Waorani women<\/strong> by strengthening their social and business leadership and the leadership of the Association of Waorani Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon (AMWAE) for the marketing of their handicrafts, on the one hand; and, on the other, by raising awareness about the exercise of their rights from a gender perspective<\/strong>, with the support of local authorities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Waorani are an indigenous people<\/strong> who first came into contact with the Western world in the mid-20th century, with the arrival of the rubber, oil, and timber extraction industries. They are currently continuing their adaptation process but still face significant gaps in economic and social inequality<\/strong>. The territory they inhabit, in the heart of the Ecuadorian Amazon, is of great biological and cultural value. The pursuit of sustainable livelihoods that avoid deforestation and the hunting of native species, and that allow for their economic development while respecting the environment, is key to their survival.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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AMWAE<\/strong><\/a> selected a new management team at the end of 2022, so this project has provided a great opportunity to support and train the eight female directors in their process of strengthening their social and business relationships<\/strong>. The Gender-Related Leadership Workshop they attended aims to enable them to perform effectively as leaders in their communities.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, to strengthen AMWAE’s bio-entrepreneurial handicraft sales<\/strong>, a comprehensive strategy with a value chain approach has been implemented, which has helped promote alternative ways of generating income. To this end, various training activities on business topics, digital culture, and new handicraft designs have been carried out for the training of middle managers and, at the same time, foster generational renewal within AMWAE.
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