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Indigenous women: invisible citizens
Ramiro Escobar

Gender equality is pending issue for indigenous organizations.

Mother Earth gives us life, and women give life too, so to defend life is defend the Earth, said Leonilda Zurita, leader of Bolivia´s Bartolina Sisa Federation of Campesina and Indigenous Women. Speaking at the first regional summit of indigenous women in the Peruvian highland city of Puno, Zurita and other prominent indigenous women leaders spoke out about the state and priorities of native women in Latin America.see more

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