LAND RIGHTS NOW

Kanuta Conde

should make the news.

Aymara woman Kantuta Conde is an activist from La Paz, Bolivia. Kantuta is a member of Red de Jovenes Indígenas, the International Land Coalition, UNICEF’s Voices of Youth platform, and the Pan American Health Organization’s Youth Caucus. Kantuta believes in the importance of intersectional activism around climate change, and has advocated for greater linguistic and financial inclusion at this year’s COP27. “I cannot speak about climate change without talking about our land and territory, traditional knowledge, Indigenous languages and mental health,” Kantuta says. “Everything is connected.” 

Read her blog: English / Español
Follow her on social media: Twitter / Instagram

Other women who should make the news

If you know other indigenous women who should #MakeTheNews or you are a journalist and would like to interview them, contact Amanda Segnini at: at: landrightsnow@gmail.com