Women From the Xingu Territory Unite Against Threats from Bolsonaro Administration

Dec 18, 2019 | Maria Fernanda Ribeiro
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“We don’t think about selling wood or any part of the Earth to get money. We have so many ways to support ourselves that we don’t need to destroy anything.” This declaration came from Anna Terra Yawalapiti in her speech at the opening ceremony of the first summit of the women of the Xingu Indigenous Territory in the state of Mato Grosso, which brought together 16 native peoples in May 2019.

Feeling threatened by policies regarding native peoples under Jair Bolsonaro’s administration and tired of roles in their communities limiting them to domestic tasks, the women decided to not put off their right to occupy positions of power alongside men any longer.