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edition:Paperback
category: Biography & Autobiography
published: Feb 2008
ISBN:9781894778220
publisher: Theytus Books

Threads of My Life

The Testimony of Hilaria Supa Hauman, A Rural Quechua Woman

by Hilaria Supa Huaman, edited by Waltraut Stolben

tagged: women
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She loves life in spite of everything. Conceived as the result of a rape, she herself was raped at the age of 14. Her name is Hilaria Supa Huaman. She is 47 years old and self-educated. She has lived in Lima, the capital of Peru. She now lives in Huallaccocha, in Cuzco. She campaigns for agriculture and for the women of the countryside. For more than 20 years, she has been dedicated to organizing women and preserving the ancient wisdom and culture of the Andes. For the last six years, she has also been working in search of justice for women who were forcibly sterilized. - 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize

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Hilaria Supa Huaman has devoted more than twenty years to social and political activism in Peru. She works for environmental protection and the multicultural and multilingual identity of Peruvians. Before becoming a member of Peru's Congress (2006-11), Hilaria supported the creation of women's organizations such as the Micaela Bastidas Committee of Anta and several mothers' clubs. Through the Federation of Peasant Women of Anta, she supported literacy and the use of traditional medicine. In 2005, Hilaria was one of 1,000 women from around the world nominated in the 1,000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize campaign.

Hilaria Supa Huaman has devoted more than twenty years to social and political activism in Peru. She works for environmental protection and the multicultural and multilingual identity of Peruvians. Before becoming a member of Peru's Congress (2006-11), Hilaria supported the creation of women's organizations such as the Micaela Bastidas Committee of Anta and several mothers' clubs. Through the Federation of Peasant Women of Anta, she supported literacy and the use of traditional medicine. In 2005, Hilaria was one of 1,000 women from around the world nominated in the 1,000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize campaign.

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