BETWEEN NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION: The Case of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon

Thursday, April 20 at 11am – 12:30pm EST

22nd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

BETWEEN NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION: The Case of Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon
  • Opening Remarks: Christine Mangale, Director, Lutheran Office for World Community
  • FTS Report Presentation: Dr. Giselle Balfour, Heads of Programs, Free the Slaves
  • Respondents:
  • Melania Canales Poma, Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú / Coordinación ECMIA Sur, Peru
  • Tania Pariona Tarqui, International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Peru
  • Dayana Blanco Quiroga, Coordinator, Warmi Shining and Uru Uru, Bolivia
  • Moderator: Maria Isabel Flota Ayala, International Indigenous Women’s Forum, Mexico
  • Closing remarks: Dr. Lanoi J. Parmuat, Executive Director, ENAI - Africa