Indigenous Women March in Peru
IN PICTURES: Indigenous women across Peru marched to demand greater rights.
The National Federation of Campesinas, Artisans, and Indigenous Women of Peru organized a march on October 18 to commemorate the U.N. International Day of Rural Women. The march included Indigenous campesinas from the coast, mountains and the jungle regions of Peru.
Pictures
Maria del Carmen Cisneros wearing traditional clothing from the Sacred Valley of the IncasteleSUR / Rael Mora
Dorotea Puma from Urubamba, a region of Cuzco, rests before the march.teleSUR / Rael Mora
Indigenous women pay tribute to Mother Earth with offerings in preparation for the march.teleSUR / Rael Mora
Rita Choquehuanca, wearing a traditional hat of Puno, displays the flag of the National Federation of Campesinas.teleSUR / Rael Mora
Margarita Ramos from the region of Puno in the south highland plateau of PeruteleSUR / Rael Mora
Women from Nauta, a region of Loreto in the Peruvian Rain Forest, came to Lima to march for the rights of rural women.teleSUR / Rael Mora
Sign reads “the water that we defend is also the one you drink.”teleSUR / Rael Mora
Sign reads “no type of violence, not physical, psychological, sexual or emotional.”teleSUR / Rael Mora
Indigenous women prepare offerings to Mother Earth and call to protect her before the start of the march.teleSUR / Rael Mora
The women sang traditional protests songs, singing “Dear flag, dear Peruvian flag, we all will march for you and we will triumph.”teleSUR / Rael Mora
Women chanted, “we want water, we want transnational corn out of the country.”teleSUR / Rael Mora
The many different outfits used for the march display the diversity of the Indigenous women participating.teleSUR / Rael Mora
The march included women of various ages all wearing traditional clothing from their regions.teleSUR / Rael Mora
Sign reads “Education about sexual rights, for women and men.”teleSUR / Rael Mora
Sign reads “Intelligent people protect their environment.”teleSUR / Rael Mora