Mayara Mendes

Mayara Mendes is a researcher at Vozes Lab (IDGlobal), where she conducts research on the Just Energy Transition in Indigenous and traditional territories. She is an Indigenous Goytaká woman from Aldeia Marakanã. Her work prioritizes socio-environmental issues, public policies, and human rights. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Engineering from the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Throughout her career, she has worked in the field of Forest Restoration at the Rio de Janeiro State Water and Sewage Company (CEDAE) and has also been actively involved in social mobilization for the defense of human rights, including the development of advocacy documents focused on the creation of public policies related to access to and quality of water. In this context, she led the Global Youth Movement for Water in partnership with the Secrétariat International de l’Eau, Solidarité Eau Europe, and the United Nations (UN).