Wipala

Today, March 8, we commemorate International Women’s Day and from the Wipala tribe we want to do our bit by reporting on our platform about three indigenous women who fight for their rights, peoples and culture.

Patricia Gualinga

Patricia is an activist for the defense of indigenous and nature rights, she was born on September 21, 1996 in the Kichwa community of Sarayaku where she is a leader, since she was young she has fought to defend her territory from oil companies. She was the first indigenous woman to win the Olof Palme Award, recognizing her dedication to activism and her leadership.

Carmen Lozano

Carmen was born in the south of Ecuador in Loja and represents the Kichwas Saraguros peoples, she was portrayed in a 50-meter mural, located in a building in Quito that seeks to exalt Ecuadorian indigenous women, in this she is hugging a large corn cob, since their fight is based on defending traditional cultivation, water, air and land.

Blanca Choncoso

Blanca was born in 1995 in Otavalo, Andean province of Imbabura. She is an Ecuadorian indigenous leader and was part of the foundation of the Confederation of the Peoples of Kichwa Nationality of Ecuador. She was also portrayed in the mural “Las custodians of nature” where she affirmed her fight for nature. Blanca has promoted cultural diversity and through her struggle seeks the active participation of the indigenous people in society.

Just like the three of them, thousands of women show us every day that we can change the world step by step, while we fight for what we believe in. Today we commemorate the struggle of indigenous women, your struggle and that of all.

Dear, Wipala Tribe.