INDONESIA Rukka, a Torajan from the highlands of Sulawesi, is the first female Secretary General of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), the world’s largest Indigenous Peoples organization at the national level. She is known for..
CHAIRPERSON AUSTRALIA Sandra is a Waanyi/Kalkadoon Indigenous woman from Australia. She is the CEO of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Alliance, Lawyer and Adjunct Professor in Public Health at the University of Queensland. She was..
PHILIPPINES Vicky is an indigenous activist from the Kankana-ey Igorot people of the Cordillera Region in the Philippines. She is a social development consultant, civic leader, human rights expert, public servant, and an advocate of women’s rights. As..
PHILIPPINES Joan is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with more than 20 years of working on indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment, climate..
GLOBAL DIRECTOR Joan is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with more than 20 years of working on indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment,..
GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Born in a hñähñú family, Adazahira Chávez is a journalist and communications specialist based in Mexico. For 20 years, she has worked closely with victims of serious human rights violations, indigenous peoples defending their territories,..
GLOBAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR Joyce is an Ibaloi-Kankanaey-Kalanguya of the Igorots of Cordillera, Philippines. She has worked on various social development initiatives in the Philippines and other countries in the ASEAN region before working with indigenous peoples’ movements in..
GLOBAL ADVOCACY COORDINATOR Alancay is an indigenous person from the Brunka people in Costa Rica. He has a background in Engineering and Human Rights Law. His experience includes law reform, public policy, advocacy, research, and project management. He..
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR LATIN AMERICA Monica Chuji Gualinga, is a Kichwa from the Ecuadorian Amazon and belongs to the Sarayaku community of Sucumbios. In her service to the Ecuadorian State as Constituent Assemblywoman, she promoted the recognition in..
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST FOR LATIN AMERICA Natalia is a Mexican communication specialist focused on human rights. She has worked with indigenous communities defending their territories, linguistic revitalization, intercultural education, and accompanying processes of labor rights defense with women.
