Eunice Kerexu is one of the indigenous women leaders of Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), the biggest national indigenous movement in Brazil. She and coordinates the Guarani Yvyrupa Commission and leads the Morro dos Cavalos Indigenous..
image from: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-indigenous-award/brazilian-indigenous-leader-wins-robert-kennedy-rights-award-idUSKBN2772VR ALESSANDRA KORAP: LEADING THE WAY FOR THE MUNDURUKU TRIBE Alessandra Korap is a Munduruku indigenous woman leader from Indigenous Reserve Praia do Índio in the Brazilian Amazon who fearlessly defends their rights to demarcation and their..
image from: https://amazonwatch.org/news/2014/0919-why-i-march-we-need-to-leave-the-oil-in-the-ground PATRICIA GUALINGA: DEFENDING TERRITORIES AMID THREATS Patricia is an indigenous leader from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku, in the Ecuador Amazon region. She has been the national and international spokesperson of their community in their..
image from: https://twitter.com/FlourishDiverse/status/1274990509166145540 EUNICE KEREXU: FIGHTING FOR INDIGENOUS EDUCATION AND TERRITORY Eunice Kerexu is one of the indigenous women leaders of Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB), the biggest national indigenous movement in Brazil. She and coordinates..
image from: https://campanhademulher.org/sonia-guajajara/ SONIA GUAJAJARA: BRINGING THE INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE TO A BROADER ARENA “Indigenous Peoples have suffered from historical processes of prejudice and racism that for a long time delegitimized our voice in the public sphere. However, with..
image from: https://hrdworldsummit.org/portfolio-item/lolita-chavez/ LOLITA CHAVEZ IXCAQUIC: CONTINUING FIGHT FOR K’ICHE FROM A DISTANCE Lolita is a member of the Council of the K’iche Peoples for the Defence of Life, Mother Nature, Lands and Territories (CPK), a council of..
“Indigenous Peoples have suffered from historical processes of prejudice and racism that for a long time delegitimized our voice in the public sphere. However, with a lot of struggle, we have been changing this reality. There is still..
Lolita is a member of the Council of the K’iche Peoples for the Defence of Life, Mother Nature, Lands and Territories (CPK), a council of several indigenous K’iche communities against logging, hydroelectric dams and other extractive activities that..
Betty is an Indigenous woman leader from the Uma people in Lubuagan, Kalinga in the Cordillera region. A member of Innabuyog – An Alliance of Indigenous Women’s Organizations in the Cordillera, Betty is a staunch environmental and indigenous rights..
“Indigenous peoples want to study; they want to be educated. But they don’t have schools in their communities.” Rose Hayahay, a native of Davao de Oro, is a 23-year-old volunteer teacher in Lumad Bakwit School Manila, Philippines. She..
