PhD candidate in law, lawyer, social communicator, and journalist. She collaborates with the Earth law Center (U.S.) and is a member of Animal Young Lawyers (U.K.).
Latest posts by J. Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo
The leader of the largest Amazonian Indigenous organization, now divided, believes that women can unify it
One of the most important Indigenous organizations is fragmented. Fany Kiuru believes that women can strengthen it.
Societal beliefs and perceptions are the enemies of transgender people in India
Global Voices interviewed Somabha Bandopadhay, a community activist and a legal expert, to discuss the myriad challenges that transgender and hijra people face in India.
Karate: A path to non-violence in Colombia
Karate for peace, a practice recognized by Unesco as valuable for the training of children and young people, is practiced in a department hit hard by violence in Colombia.
Seed exchange in Colombia promotes traditional knowledge and food sovereignty
Different varieties of potatoes and corn, among other foods, are exchanged to recover ancestral ways of consumption.
Justice elusive for murdered Indigenous Colombian reporter
Indigenous reporters like José Abelardo Liz are convinced of the importance of communication produced from the land they want to set free.
The untold story of a young Colombian Indigenous reporter, guardian and hairdresser
In spite of the risks, Nasa people will continue to defend Mother Earth through Indigenous communication, Indigenous guardianship, and culture before those who harm their traditional land.
The legacy of killed Colombian indigenous reporter lives on
The death of Indigenous reporter Efigenia Vásquez reignited the Kokonuko community's fight to keep their reserve and collective property.
Indigenous reporters risk death telling stories of community liberation in Colombia
"The Indigenous put up a fight in Cauca by having their own channels of communication."
Little chance of justice for Colombia's murdered journalists
Only one out of 161 murders of journalists resulted in a conviction of all perpetrators.
In Colombia, ‘yatules’ are the Misak people's pantry and pharmacy
"The yatul is made up of associated crops such as potato, corn, beans, and onion, among other medicinal plants, whose nutrients complement each other and keep the land healthy."
The Awá people in Colombia threatened by foreign armed and socio-environmental conflict
"Being part of Awá families, I believe that any situation that affects the territory, the social, cultural, and spiritual fabric of our people and our Awá families implies being a direct victim."
Colombian students set up humanitarian camp to resist police crackdown
"We have an overwhelming task and we should assume a leading role during the mobilization"
Indigenous peoples join the national struggle in Colombia's strike
The Indigenous guard protects protestors by setting up humanitarian corridors
Street art shows the clamor of the Colombian people tired of violence, corruption and poverty
Throughout Colombia, facades of buildings, businesses, institutions have been painted with messages of anger, hope, and sadness
Canadian, US cannabis corporations threaten Colombia's indigenous communities
'Monocrops, mining exploitation and other projects break the equilibrium of our health, culture, spirituality on Misak territory.'
Colombian and Chilean psychiatrists plead to care for mental health by avoiding COVID-19 overexposure of (fake) news
In Chile, there has been an increase in drug, alcohol, and tobacco consumption during quarantine.
