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Paraguay: Indigenous Women Leaders Buck Discrimination

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Tue, 2009-11-17 08:58

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Estela Maris Álvarez is one of these women who have decided to stand up and beat the odds, challenging the abuse and discrimination they face both within and outside their communities. Álvarez is a member of the Enxet people, an indigenous group in Paraguay's Chaco region, an area of semi-arid grasslands and thorny forests. She lives in La Herencia, a community in the western part of the country, located 340 km from Asunción.
"It's not easy for an indigenous woman to access a decision-making position in her community," she said, recalling how when she started taking on a leadership role, she was never invited by the tribal chiefs to the important meetings. "But that didn’t stop me from going," she added.

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Submitted by pppolitics.org on Sat, 2009-07-18 15:03

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Submitted by emyeyo on Tue, 2009-04-28 03:50

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Paraguay: Women Growing in Politics - at Pace Set by Men

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Wed, 2009-04-08 07:18

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The global tendency towards greater participation by women in politics has reached Paraguay, but the pace continues to be set by men, and there are still tough barriers to equal access to elected posts.

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Submitted by Jo_Pro on Thu, 2008-07-24 04:42

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