Indigenous Women Demand
New Government Agenda
Guatemala's Mayan, Incan
and Garifunan women
demanded on Friday that
the new Guatemalan
government act to
promote their
development and abolish
current exclusion and
discrimination of those
native peoples.
In the document written
by 22 organizations, the
women provided the
Executive with nine
issues, ranging from
social and economic
items to respect for
spirituality and sacred
places.
One of their main
priorities is to improve
health and reduce
maternal mortality in
the rural areas where
that rate is very high.
Increased funds for
bilingual education,
access to land and
housing, better job
opportunities and more
political participation
are also some of the
demands.
Guatemalan
President-elect Alvaro
Colom, from the Social
Democratic Party, won on
November 4 by support of
the people from the
interior of the country,
having promised to
develop the rural area
and appoint several
administrative posts by
consensus with popular
and union organizations. |
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