Murilpaz: A Women-Led Indigenous Lenca Movement from La Paz in Honduras

This grassroots movement consists of Lenca Indigenous women leaders from various professions, trades, and organizations who are committed to defending territory, culture, and collective rights.MURILPAZ resists extractivism and promotes alternative models of development and culture rooted in Lenca cosmovision, collective care, territorial autonomy, and reciprocity.  The organization recognizes that economic dependency often places women in situations of violence and inequality, especially when they lack access to land ownership, businesses, and financial independence. That’s why MURILPAZ actively works to expand women’s education and leadership, as well as their decision-making power, at community and institutional levels.  
 
 
Since Lenca women have historically been keepers of knowledge, researchers, healers, and creators, the group aspires to establish a community cultural and knowledge center dedicated to revitalizing Lenca identity as a living and dynamic system of knowledge. Priorities include permaculture, recovering native seeds, strengthening local and regional markets with their own products, and fostering collaboration with researchers, artists, designers, and young people.

During the workshop, they will share the traditional method of making tortillas by hand. The following conversation and exchange will focus on the topics of heirloom seeds, local food systems, women-led agroecology, climate justice from Indigenous perspectives, and building solidarity and research collaboration.

Please send an email to participate@spore-initiative.org with a brief description of your motivation and background.