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17 05, 2018

https://intercontinentalcry.org/indigenous-mapuche-leader-acquitted-on-charges-of-terrorism-in-chile/

Indigenous Mapuche Leader Acquitted on Charges of Terrorism in Chile

Aparna Packer2025-04-09T20:53:20-04:00Tags: Chile|

In May of 2018, Mapuche political and spiritual leader Machi Francisca Lincona was acquitted on all charges. In 2013, Lincona and eight other Mapuche land defenders had been charged with terrorism. Her struggle for the land rights of her people included fighting against the designation of their activities as terrorism, and she had previously called for protective action to prevent ecocide caused by illegal logging and to safeguard her people’s access to medicinal plants. In this effort, Lincona became the first to successfully cite the International Labor Organization’s Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in international law. During her arrest, Lincona was forcibly stripped of her traditional clothing, which symbolized her status within her community—a symbolic act carried out by Chilean law enforcement. Chile had previously been condemned by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for its strategic use of anti-terrorism legislation against certain Mapuche individuals, violating the principles of equality and non-discrimination.

13 04, 2016

http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/04/land-tenure-still-a-challenge-for-women-in-latin-america/

Land Tenure Still A Challenge For Women In Latin America

Katherine2017-07-20T17:04:17-04:00Tags: Chile|

Despite producing over half of Latin America’s food, women struggle to secure land titles, and make up an extremely low percentage of landowners. Rural women such as Blanca Molina, who farms organic peas in Southern Chile, are often vulnerable after failing efforts to improve the land tenure situation for women in her country. Alicia Muñoz directs the Chilean National Association of Rural and Indigenous Women (Anamuri) to fight for land reform. Photo credit: Marianela Jarroud/IPS

2 09, 2015

http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/09/two-indigenous-solar-engineers-changed-their-village-in-chile/

These Indigenous Women Solar Engineers Changed Their Village In Chile

Katherine2017-07-17T16:59:26-04:00Tags: Chile|

Liliana and Luisa Terán were picked to travel to India to receive training in solar panel installation and maintenance from the Barefoot College. Despite facing barriers caused by traditional cultural views of women in their native Chile, they are bringing electricity and earning respect across communities in the Atacama desert region. Photo credit: Marinela Jarroud/IPS

4 01, 2014

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/01/women-farmers-chile-teach-region-agroecology/

Women Farmers In Chile To Teach The Region Agroecology

Katherine2020-11-07T17:29:27-05:00Tags: Chile|

The National Association of Rural and Indigenous Women is opening the Agroecology Institute for Rural Women (IALA) in Auquinco, Chile. The work of the IALA aims to support campesino family agriculture and to promote the role of women in food production. The knowledge and work of rural peasant women is key to food sovereignty initiatives and sustainable agriculture practices. The IALA hopes to conserve the knowledge and agricultural skills of these women. Photo Credit: ANAMURI

28 12, 2013

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/12/28/mapuche-woman-peaceful-fight-against-damming-river-inspired-chile-environmental.html

One Mapuche Woman’s Peaceful Fight Inspires Chile’s Environmental Movement

Katherine2017-08-26T14:32:42-04:00Tags: Chile|

Nicolasa Quintreman and her sister, Berta, led a decade-long battle against the construction of a dam on the Bio Bio River in south-central Chile. Nicolasa inspired her neighbors to peacefully occupy mountain roads and bridges to block construction equipment from reaching the site where the Endesa electricity company had planned to construct the dam. Although the Quintreman sisters and the Mapuche Indigenous community lost the fight against Endesa and were displaced to Alto Bio Bio, their struggle led the Chilean government to strengthen national environmental protections and laid the groundwork for the creation of a network of community organizers, indigenous leaders, politicians, scientists and lawyers that have blocked more than 20 environmentally damaging energy projects. Photo credit: twitter

14 01, 2013

https://www.grain.org/article/entries/408-interview-with-francisca-rodriguez-via-campesina-s-seed-campaign

Interview With Francisca Rodriguez – La Via Campesina’s Seed Campaign

Katherine2018-02-14T22:06:17-05:00Tags: Chile|

Francisca Rodriguez of Chile is an advocate for family farmers, food sovereignty, and traditional seeds, and leader with the National Association of Rural and Indigenous Women (ANAMURI), and the international coordination commission for La Via Campesina. In this interview with GRAIN, Francisca speaks on her background, and the work of La Via Campesina to support campesino (peasant) farming communities in movement building to protect seeds and farming lifeways, both in their communities, and across international ties. As Francisca explains in this interview, women are increasingly taking a lead in these campaigns. Photo Credit: Grain.org