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Indigenous land rights in Brazil and the women defending them: an encounter with activist Valdelice Veron

23/05/2023

4 pages long

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Indigenous land rights in Brazil and the women defending them: an encounter with activist Valdelice Veron

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This is short piece situates an interaction with Valdelice Veron within the larger context of indigenous land rights in Brazil. Valdelice, who belongs to the Indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá community, spoke about the persecution of her community and their struggle for land rights. The authors bring Valdelice's experiences to the reader and call on the feminist academic practitioners "to act […]

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Resources: Women human rights defenders

23/05/2023

16 pages long

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This is the resources section of the March 2023 Issue on 'Women human rights defenders'.

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El caso de Augostina Mayan y las violencias diferenciadas hacia las defensoras del ambiente y del territorio en Perú / The case of Augostina Mayan and the differentiated forms of violence against women who defend the environment and their lands in Peru

23/05/2023

5 pages long

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El caso de Augostina Mayan y las violencias diferenciadas hacia las defensoras del ambiente y del territorio en Perú / The case of Augostina Mayan and the differentiated forms of violence against women who defend the environment and their lands in Peru

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This is a short piece about Augostina Mayan, an Awajún leader, situated within the larger context of land rights in Peru. Augostina's powerful activism has meant that she has been subjected to accusations and political violence, often gendered in their nature. The authors call for a recognition of the often gendered nature of violence against […]

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Yanette Bautista, toda una vida de lucha y búsqueda / Yanette Bautista, a lifetime of struggle and searching

23/05/2023

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Yanette Bautista, toda una vida de lucha y búsqueda / Yanette Bautista, a lifetime of struggle and searching

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Cristina Bautista, colombiana e indígena, lideresa social y tejedora de pensamiento y comunidad / Cristina Bautista, a Colombian and indigenous social leader, community thinker, and weaver of thoughts

23/05/2023

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Cristina Bautista, colombiana e indígena, lideresa social y tejedora de pensamiento y comunidad / Cristina Bautista, a Colombian and indigenous social leader, community thinker, and weaver of thoughts

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This is a tribute to activist, Cristina Bautista in Colombia. She was an indigenous woman working on the rights of women in her community and on land rights. The author traces Cristina's life and the Hilando pensamientos (Weaving Thoughts), the Nasa women's movement. Her activism was powerful, and Cristina was killed in 2019 by armed actors.

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Edilia Mendoza Roa, una mujer que lucha por el derecho a la tierra, Colombia / Edilia Mendoza Roa, a woman who fights for land rights, Colombia

23/05/2023

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Edilia Mendoza Roa, una mujer que lucha por el derecho a la tierra, Colombia / Edilia Mendoza Roa, a woman who fights for land rights, Colombia

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This is a tribute to Edilia Mendoza Roa, an activist and one of Colombia's best known agrarian experts, who passed away in February, 2023. The authors discuss her contributions to the struggle for land and environmental rights and her involvement in formulation of laws and resolutations leading to agrarian reform and rural development for farmers and […]

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Kiruba Munuswamy: progenitor of shockwaves in a casteist-pratriarchal society

23/05/2023

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Kiruba Munuswamy: progenitor of shockwaves in a casteist-pratriarchal society

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This is a short piece on advocate and activist Kiruba Munusamy, who practices in the Supreme Court of India and is a dalit rights activist. Some of the cases that Kiruba has fought against gross human rights violations and Kiruba's own experiences are discussed in the piece. The author focuses on Munusamy's resilience and resistence in the […]

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Accidental women human rights activists, unintentional advocacy by NGOs and a displeased government

23/05/2023

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Accidental women human rights activists, unintentional advocacy by NGOs and a displeased government

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This is a short piece by activist Rita Manchanda on how consciousness raising and capacity building for Federation leadership led to gains that the government did not anticipate. Although the NGOs were to be collaborative partners, they unintentionally took on a confrontational course as conscious raising and capacity building also meant that the women were […]

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Confronting feminicidio in Mexico: pioneering anthropologist and activist Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos

23/05/2023

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Confronting feminicidio in Mexico: pioneering anthropologist and activist Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos

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This is a short piece on academic and activist Marcela Lagarde y de Los Ríos' contribution to the issue of homicides of women in Mexico. She coined the term feminicidio, which squarely placed these murders as acts of misogyny and a product of patriarchal society. Lagarde became a public servant and supported research on feminicidio. She played a […]

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Engendering injustice: gendered lawfare in Guatemala

23/05/2023

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Engendering injustice: gendered lawfare in Guatemala

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The author presents the case of Virginia Laparra, a former prosecutor from Guatemala, who is now in prison. In this short piece the author argues that Laparra's imprisonment is an example of gender-based political violence and criminalisation of those challenging impunity. This in turn contributes to the erosion of democracy in Guatemala.

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