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The conceptual point of departure of this dissertation is that indigenous women have become politicized and self-reflexive about the discrimination they face, both as a result of their involvement in the wider political awakening of indigenous people as well as because of the exchanges they have had and continue to have with political allies such as NGOs, left parties, and churches in pursuing local development.
One of our members, Dolores Figueroa, recently defended her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at York University, Toronto. Dolores' doctoral dissertation is titled: Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Women’s Participation in Ethno-politics and Community Development: The Experiences of Women Leaders of ECUARUNARI (Ecuador) and YATAMA (Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua).
Dolores' dissertation examines the emergence of indigenous women as new socio-political actors, and the ways in which they have been able to challenge various forms of social and ethnic discrimination. The study develops a comparative analysis between Kichwa women of ECUARUNARI (the Ecuadorian Confederation of the Kichwa Peoples) in Ecuador, and Miskitu women members of YATAMA (the Organization of the Peoples of the Mother Earth) in Nicaragua. Below we provide the thesis' abstract.
Dolores has worked in Nicaragua as a full-time professor as well as the Coordinator of the Sociology Department at URACCAN where she taught undergraduate students who came from a variety of indigenous/ethno-cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Since 2009, Dolores has actively participated as an instructor in the “Diploma for the Strengthening of Women’s Leadership” offered by the Indigenous Intercultural University (UII) to Indigenous women leaders from various Latin American countries. She has taught online courses on Epistemology, Qualitative Methodologies, and Gender Perspectives.
Abstract
Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the Latin American region have been struggling for state recognition of cultural difference and for the granting of collective rights. This dissertation explores the activism of indigenous women and their participation within indigenous socio-political organizations. More particularly, my thesis develops a comparative analysis aimed at exploring how Kichwa women of ECUARUNARI (the Ecuadorian Confederation of the Kichwa Peoples) in Ecuador, and Miskitu women members of YATAMA (the Organization of the Peoples of the Mother Earth) in Nicaragua have participated in political spaces within their organizations. The study also examines the factors that explain the emergence of indigenous women as new socio-political actors, and the way they have been able to challenge various forms of social and ethnic discrimination.
One of our members, Dolores Figueroa, recently defended her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at York University, Toronto. Dolores' doctoral dissertation is titled: Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Women’s Participation in Ethno-politics and Community Development: The Experiences of Women Leaders of ECUARUNARI (Ecuador) and YATAMA (Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua).
Dolores' dissertation examines the emergence of indigenous women as new socio-political actors, and the ways in which they have been able to challenge various forms of social and ethnic discrimination. The study develops a comparative analysis between Kichwa women of ECUARUNARI (the Ecuadorian Confederation of the Kichwa Peoples) in Ecuador, and Miskitu women members of YATAMA (the Organization of the Peoples of the Mother Earth) in Nicaragua. Below we provide the thesis' abstract.
Dolores has worked in Nicaragua as a full-time professor as well as the Coordinator of the Sociology Department at URACCAN where she taught undergraduate students who came from a variety of indigenous/ethno-cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Since 2009, Dolores has actively participated as an instructor in the “Diploma for the Strengthening of Women’s Leadership” offered by the Indigenous Intercultural University (UII) to Indigenous women leaders from various Latin American countries. She has taught online courses on Epistemology, Qualitative Methodologies, and Gender Perspectives.
Abstract
Over the last two decades indigenous peoples in the Latin American region have been struggling for state recognition of cultural difference and for the granting of collective rights. This dissertation explores the activism of indigenous women and their participation within indigenous socio-political organizations. More particularly, my thesis develops a comparative analysis aimed at exploring how Kichwa women of ECUARUNARI (the Ecuadorian Confederation of the Kichwa Peoples) in Ecuador, and Miskitu women members of YATAMA (the Organization of the Peoples of the Mother Earth) in Nicaragua have participated in political spaces within their organizations. The study also examines the factors that explain the emergence of indigenous women as new socio-political actors, and the way they have been able to challenge various forms of social and ethnic discrimination.