For women of the Awá hunter-gatherer tribe in the Brazilian Amazon – the most threatened tribe on Earth – equal status with Awá men is normal. Some Awá women even take several husbands, a practice known as polyandry. The Awá are one of only two nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes left in Brazil. For centuries their way of life has been one of peaceful symbiosis with the rainforest; over the past four decades, however, the Awá women have witnessed the destruction of their homeland