This panel will address the main challenges to constructing a just and inclusive future, including effective development for Afro-descendant, Garifuna and Indigenous peoples in the region, with an emphasis on women who suffer from layered discrimination of their intersecting identities. Panelists will discuss the oppression and structural violence that these populations have historically faced in an effort to build an agenda for reparations and restorative justice. They will share experiences of struggle and strategies for resistance from the perspective of community organizations, international groups and the State. In short, this session will articulate how to implement and advance racial justice for the defense of the speakers’ territories and for conditions of development that lead to dignified and fulfilling lives.