The Women of Influence project team is delighted to announce the publication of our special issue, for New Area Studies, of a collection of works on 'Indigeneity, Community and Participatory Practice: Methods, Concepts and Perspectives from the Global South'.

Our own article, 'Women of Influence: interdisciplinary participatory approaches to understanding female leadership in the Peruvian Amazon' reflects on the experiences of working with a group of young women from Junin, Peru, and in particular on their role as community participants, as female leaders, as change-makers, and as active members of OMIAASEC.