XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

An important Indigenous activist and renowned advocate for the rights of girls, women, youth, and Indigenous peoples. With a career spanning more than 40 years, through CHIRAPAQ and other international platforms, she has contributed to the promotion of ancestral cultures, the development of Indigenous leadership, and the fight against all forms of violence. She is the founder of the Continental Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA), the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI–IIWF), and the Indigenous Forum of Abya Yala (FIAY). She has also been a member of various United Nations forums. From 2017 to 2019, she served as an expert member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. In Peru, she was a member of the Honor Tribunal of the National Jury of Elections.