Last month, Azimuth attended the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples’ Global Conference in Merida, Mexico. That’s where we had the wonderful opportunity of sitting down with Tarcila Rivera Zea, Quechua Chanka from Peru, who for over 40 years has been a leading Indigenous activist and recognized defender of the rights of Indigenous girls, women, youth and peoples.
A founder of CHIRAPAQ - Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru, and of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA), the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI-IIWF) and the Abya Yala Indigenous Forum (FIAY), Tarcila was also a member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the International Civil Society Advisory Group of UN Women, and the International Commission on the Futures of Education of UNESCO.
Just reading through this outstanding trajectory, it’s easy to understand how much Tarcila has to share about the vindication of ancestral cultures, the training of indigenous leaders and the fight against all forms of violence. But getting to hear directly from Tarcila in this new episode of “Connecting the Dots” was truly an honour.
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Learn more about Tarcila’s work:
- CHIRAPAQ - Centre for Indigenous Cultures of Peru: http://chirapaq.org.pe/en/
- Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA): http://www.ecmia.org
- International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI-IIWF): https://fimi-iiwf.org
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You can watch a video version of this episode, with Spanish subtitles, here: https://youtu.be/UvRQtZlmToc
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