Defenders of Nature Initiative (DENIN) is an association of Women and women’s organizations working to protect the environment. We bring together women and women’s groups in their personal or professional capacity and in a peaceful manner, to strive and protect and promote human rights relating to the environment, including water, air, land, flora and fauna”

Women Environmental defenders remain highly vulnerable and under attack across Uganda. Women environmental defenders face growing assaults and murders- in conjunction with increasing intimidation, harassment, stigmatization and criminalization. Many women are killed protecting our environmental rights- while many more are harassed, intimidated, criminalized and forced from their lands.

Our Vision

A Society where women who strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the environment are safe and secure

Our Mission

Our mission is to guarantee security and Protection to Women Environmental Defenders where no woman is murdered, displaced, criminalised or persecuted in defence of nature.

Our objectives

• 1) To denounce the attacks, torture, intimidation and murders of women environmental defenders
• 2) To advocate with states and non-state actors, including business, for better protection of environmental rights and the women standing up for these rights
• 3) To Support the responsible management of natural resources
• 4) To demand for accountability from government and companies’ regarding actions and different events where environmental defenders have been affected, attacked, criminalized, harassed or murdered.