Colombia’s Wayuu Women Drive Change
Posted by Kamilia Lahrichi on Sep 19, 2016 in Video | 0 comments Video To overcome exclusion and save a dying culture, local indigenous organizations in La Guajira, Colombia, such as Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, are fighting for the Wayuu’s survival by putting women at the forefront of the peace process. The Wayuu tribe, the largest indigenous group in Colombia, is slowing dying from thirst, hunger and malnutrition in the forgotten and impoverished desert peninsula of La Guajira, at the northern tip of Latin America. This video was produced exclusively for The Associated Press in August 2016. It was released on September 19, 2016.read more