{"id":19268,"date":"2025-12-03T17:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/?post_type=veranstaltung&p=19268"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:14:42","slug":"the-dignity-of-water-sacred-rivers","status":"publish","type":"veranstaltung","link":"https:\/\/www.mission-21.org\/en\/veranstaltung\/die-wuerde-des-wassers-heilige-fluesse\/","title":{"rendered":"The dignity of water - sacred rivers and lakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Julio C\u00e9sar Mej\u00eda Tapia<\/strong>, lawyer, activist and researcher from Peru<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and Mar\u00eda Ximena Gonz\u00e1lez-Serrano<\/strong>, lawyer, activist and researcher from Colombia and Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and the Indigenous Women\u2019s Network <\/strong>for the Protection of Lake Titicaca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rivers and lakes are sources of life and are also regarded as cultural foundations. Yet in many places they are threatened by human-induced pollution and overuse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This webinar focuses on Lake Titicaca<\/strong> in Bolivia and Peru. For the Indigenous communities who live in and with it, the lake is a living and spiritual organism. They respectfully call it \u201cMamacota\u201d \u2013 \u201cMother Water.\u201d Its catchment area, with numerous rivers, is almost the size of Switzerland and has been an important cultural and habitat in the Andes for thousands of years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, however, this unique ecosystem is under threat: from environmental pollution, mining waste, untreated wastewater and the impacts of climate change. Many people in the region are committed to protecting the lake\u2014especially Indigenous women, who play a central role in local initiatives to defend water. This webinar highlights their engagement, creates space for a deeper understanding of water, and showcases the work of Mission 21 and its partner organizations in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The webinar begins with a contribution from a representative of the Indigenous Women\u2019s Network for the Protection of Water and Lake Titicaca. Julio C\u00e9sar Mej\u00eda Tapia will then provide insights into the legal and social challenges of protecting water resources around Lake Titicaca. Finally, Mar\u00eda Ximena Gonz\u00e1lez-Serrano will place the example of Lake Titicaca in a broader global context. <\/p><\/br>\n\n\n\n

Julio C\u00e9sar Mej\u00eda Tapia<\/strong> is a legal advisor to the Indigenous Women\u2019s Network for the Protection of Water and Lake Titicaca. He also serves as director of the Institute for Law, Social Participation and Environment (IDEPAM) within the \u201cEco Legistas\u201d network, as well as the \u201cPasi\u00f3n Constitucional\u201d initiative. He has extensive experience in strategic litigation in constitutional, environmental and administrative law, and has worked with Indigenous and rural communities in various regions of Peru. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mar\u00eda Ximena Gonz\u00e1lez-Serrano <\/strong>is a Colombian lawyer, activist and researcher in social law based in Switzerland. For more than fifteen years, she has worked with local communities on collective strategies to defend territories and rivers against extractive economies and the discharge of toxic wastewater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moderation:<\/strong> Alexandra Flury-Sch\u00f6lch and Manuel Menrath, Education Team, Mission 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lectures and discussion in Spanish and English<\/strong>, translation into German. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In our new webinar series \u201eGlobal Voices - Acting Together for Peace\u201c, we ask about a respectful and sustainable relationship with the earth and its elements, earth, water and fire. This second webinar in the series is about the connection of indigenous communities to water and about examples and possibilities of water protection. <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":19230,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Die neue Webinar-Reihe \u201cGlobal Voices \u2013 Acting Together for Peace\u201d thematisiert die Suche nach einem respektvollen und zukunftsf\u00e4higen Verh\u00e4ltnis zur Erde, zun\u00e4chst zu den Elementen der Erde. 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