Luzmila Chiricente Mahuanca is a Peruvian human rights activist advocating for the rights of Amazonian people. She is the president of Regional Federation of  sháninkas, Nomatsiguengas and Kakintes Indigenous Women of the Central Jungle (FREMANK), and a member of the Council for Reparations for victims of armed conflict.[1]

Activism

Luzmila Chiricente Mahuanca is from Cushiviani community, Río Negro district , Satipo Province , Junín department. She began her activism in her community in1972, when she served as the secretary of Community  Board of Directors for the Mothers’ Club and influenced the establishment of a primary school and a clinic with a doctor in her community.[2][3] She later rose to become regional and national leader in the defense of women and the Asháninka, Nomatsiguenga and Kankinte people’s rights. She led campaign for the protection of people’s rights during the armed conflict in Peru involving Sendero Luminoso terrorist group from 1980 to 2000. She was threatened with death for her vocal protest against human rights violation, improvement of women rights, and involvement of indigenous people in regional development. In 1988, one of her five children, Juan who was 14 years old at the time was kidnapped and her whereabout remains unknown till date.[4][5]

In 1999, she founded Regional Federation of Ashaninkas, Nomatsiguengas and Kakintes Indigenous Women (FREMANK), focused on defending local communities against invasion, loggers, oil companies, eradicating domestic violence and child malnutrition. From 2002 to 2003, she served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR) in the Satipo province as a translator for collection of testimonies from victims of armed conflicts. She was appointed to the Reparation Council in 2012 where she helped documented natives and settlers in the Single Registry of Victims of conflicts and human rights abuses.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ adminpucp (2019-08-13). "Día mundial de los Pueblos Indígenas : homenaje a la dirigente ashaninka Luzmila Chiricente Mahuanca*". IDEHPUCP (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  2. ↑ "Escuela de valientes: mujeres de la Amazonía central que vencieron al terror". Ojo Público (in Spanish). 2022-07-17. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ↑ "StackPath". www.mimp.gob.pe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ↑ HARO, GONZALO CARETTI / ISABEL DE (2013-11-01). "Asháninka, treinta años de resistencia indígena en Perú por conservar la tierra". RTVE.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  5. ↑ ":. Consejo de Reparaciones, Registro Unico de Víctimas .:". www.ruv.gob.pe. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  6. ↑ García, Ruben (2013-10-24). "Visita Alcalá una delegación peruana que participa en España en unas jornadas sobre política municipal - Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares %". Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de Henares (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  7. ↑ https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/people/susie-neilson (2019-06-07). "PHOTOS: The Powerful Faces Of Women Who Faced Danger". WUSF Public Media. Retrieved 2023-08-14. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
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