The session will highlight the leadership of peasant women in processes of resistance, environmental justice and democratic reconstruction through community feminism and grassroots accompaniment.

In a context of forced migration, land dispossession and authoritarian regression, this session will showcase the transformative role of organized Nicaraguan peasant women in exile. Through the alliance between Subversivas and Asociación Popol Na, participants will share lived experiences of resistance, environmental justice, and democratic reconstruction rooted in rural communities in Costa Rica.

The session will present tools for political education, solidarity economy, territorial defense and feminist memory—strategies developed through sustained community accompaniment. It will explore lessons learned, obstacles faced, and the alliances woven to sustain women-led processes of change in historically marginalized territories.

In a context of shrinking civic space and limited funding, the session will underscore the importance of interorganizational alliances to sustain action. With a participatory approach, this space will offer replicable practices to strengthen grassroots democratic fabrics and foster cross-border collaboration across Central America.

Note: Coffee, tea and select breakfast snacks will be available in this session. Full breakfasts will not be provided. Space is available on a first-come-first-served basis.