Ecofeminism
STAGE 3 · CURRENT PROJECT
ECOFEMINISM. Women and the Earth, Territories of Struggle
A participatory process created by Plàudite Teatre connecting ecofeminism, migration, human rights and the performing arts.
Conferences, workshops, dialogues and performance creation to bring visibility to the voices, experiences and struggles of migrant women.
350+
women participants
36
countries
5
continents
MANIFESTO + STAGE
collective creation
READ THE MANIFEST:
THE PERFORMANCE
Women and the Earth, Territories of Struggle is a community-based stage creation arising from the experiences of migrant women from the Global South in defence of life, bodies and territories.
The process transforms individual and collective experiences into a performance that connects violence against women with violence against the Earth.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
02/10/2026
Teatro Faraggianna, Novara (Italy)
21/11/2026 · 18:00
Vila Urània, Barcelona
27/11/2026 · 19:00
Espai Putxet, Barcelona
Video overview of the creative process
From Manifesto to Stage
Public presentation of the manifesto followed by a discussion with the audience. The closing event of the project selected in the Palau Macaya Reflexió 2025 call.
With:
Ayça Damgaci, theatre and film actress and director.
Carme Portaceli, Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Catalonia (TNC).
Gala Xiuhcoatl, ecofeminist actress with Plàudite Teatre.
Eugenia Delgado Mata, Artistic Director of Plàudite Teatre.
Taimi Diéguez Mallo, playwright, poet, storyteller and theatre-maker.
Moderated by:
Emma de la Haba Vacas, member of the Community Action Technical Team at L’Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council.
Ecofeminism in Action: Dialogues between Art, Theory and Activism
A meeting space bringing together art, thought and activism within a project that connects ecofeminism, migration and the performing arts.
Yayo Herrero visits us
Anthropologist, engineer, lecturer and ecofeminist.
Opening conference
Eugenia Delgado Mata, Artistic Director of Plàudite Teatre
Carmen Gregorio Gil, anthropologist and Director of the OTRAS Research Group, University of Granada
Yolanda Akpoli, activist and founder of Union Segones Oportunitats
Czarina Musni, lawyer and activist
María Nohemí González Martínez, researcher at Universidad Simón Bolívar, Colombia
Vanessa Marcos, international cooperation expert
Moderated by:
Déguène Seck, lawyer and researcher, Project Manager at Senexcel·lència.
With the support of the Department of Equality and Feminisms of the Government of Catalonia.
Winner of the Barcelona Crea 2025 Grant and selected in the Palau Macaya Reflexió 2025 call.
A PROJECT THAT EVOLVES
From Yo vengo de to Women and the Earth, Territories of Struggle
This project did not begin in the form it has today. Since 2021, the experiences, voices and processes shared with migrant women have continuously transformed the artistic creation, broadened its perspective and given rise to new stages.
It began with Yo vengo de, evolved into Ecofeminism: A Path to Peace and today continues to grow through Ecofeminism. Women and the Earth, Territories of Struggle.
TODAY · STAGE 3
Ecofeminism. Women and the Earth, Territories of Struggle
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STAGE 2
Ecofeminism: A Path to Peace
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STAGE 1 · THE ORIGIN
Yo vengo de
STAGE 2
ECOFEMINISM: A PATH TO PEACE
Building on Yo vengo de, the project broadens its perspective and places ecofeminism at its centre. Personal stories of migration, resistance and struggle are connected to human rights, structural violence and the defence of Life and the Earth.
“Across the world, it is predominantly organised women who are confronting the greatest challenges.”
Yayo Herrero, Ecofeminismos. La sostenibilidad de la Vida
THE PERFORMANCE
A Community and Social Theatre production co-created and performed by women from the Global South: committed activists who expose structural violence in both the Global South and Europe because they are women and defenders of Life and the Earth.
A performance giving voice to Ecofeminism, forced migration and Human Rights, followed by a post-show discussion.
Posters and images
Ecofeminism through theatre
Digital LH and TV LH
· 15/01/2024 · Migrant women in L’Hospitalet reflect on ecofeminism through theatre. Interview with Yayo Herrero.
THE VOICES OF MANY WOMEN WHO GO UNHEARD
The ecofeminist movement of the Global South is a social struggle led by women activists against institutional, colonial and femicidal violence, based on a holistic approach that respects Nature and all its inhabitants.
Women human rights defenders, Indigenous rights activists and defenders of territories denounce processes of dispossession, exploitation, corruption, environmental destruction and different forms of violence against women.
Speaking about ecofeminist movements, Yayo Herrero points out that they are firmly rooted in their territories and that the people involved become agents of resistance, struggle and change. The aim of these struggles is dignity and the sustaining of lives worth living.
With the support of:
Department of Equality and Feminisms of the Government of Catalonia · Feminisms and Equality Area of Barcelona Provincial Council · UPF Solidària – Pompeu Fabra University.
A project within the UNESCO Chair on the Prevention of Violence against Women.
STAGE 1 · THE ORIGIN
YO VENGO DE
Yo vengo de is the origin of the project. The experiences of migrant women from the Global South, their life journeys, the violence they have experienced and their struggles become the basis of a community-based stage creation.
This first process would later give rise to Ecofeminism: A Path to Peace.
RECOGNITION
The project received the Peace Promotion distinction awarded by ICIP – Catalan International Institute for Peace .
Project presentation
Full performance
Images and videos from the first stage
With the support of:
ICIP – Catalan International Institute for Peace ·
L’Hospitalet de Llobregat City Council ·
Barcelona Institute of Culture – ICUB.
In collaboration with:
MUET Mujeres Unidas Entre Tierras,
Mujeres Pa’lante,
Red Cross L’Hospitalet,
Assís Centre d’Acollida,
Open Arms,
Centre for Women’s Care and Information (CAID) of L’Hospitalet de Llobregat,
Department of Equality and Feminisms of the Government of Catalonia
and
Teatre Joventut.
COMMUNICATION AND IMPACT
PRESS COVERAGE
Press articles, interviews, reports and features published throughout the different stages of the project.
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