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Colombia is finally trying to ban FGM, and the heroes leading the charge are Indigenous women themselvesPolitics

Colombia is finally trying to ban FGM, and the heroes leading the charge are Indigenous women themselves

For the first time, Colombia's Congress is debating a bill to ban female genital mutilation, with Indigenous women from the Embera communities in Risaralda leading the charge against a practice that causes infection, childbirth complications, and death.

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Brooklyn Rivera, iconic Nicaraguan indigenous leader, dies after three years locked up by Ortega regimePolitics

Brooklyn Rivera, iconic Nicaraguan indigenous leader, dies after three years locked up by Ortega regime

Nicaraguan indigenous rights leader Brooklyn Rivera, 73, has died after approximately three years in detention under the Ortega government. Human rights organizations are condemning his death as a direct consequence of arbitrary imprisonment.

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