Patricia Gualinga

Patricia Gualinga

Patricia Gualinga, (or Patricia Gualinga Montalvo)[1] is a women human rights defender and indigenous rights defender of the Pueblo Kichwa de Sarayaku (Kichwa People of Sarayaku), an indigenous community in the Ecuadorian Amazon.[2][3]

Patricia's nieces Nina Gualinga and Helena Gualinga are also environmental and indigenous rights activists.[4] Her mother Cristina Gualinga is also a land defender, who passed down the family tradition.[5] Her sister Noemí Gualinga, who has a lower profile as an activist, is a community leader,[6] while her brother Eriberto Gualinga is a globetrotting filmmaker who documents the Sarayaku resistance.[7]

Gualinga currently lives in cantón del Puyo, in the Pastaza Province of Ecuador.[2]

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  2. ^ a b "PATRICIA GUALINGA ATTACKED, RECEIVED DEATH THREATS". Front Line Defenders. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. ^ "URGENT ACTION: ATTACK AGAINST INDIGENOUS DEFENDER" (PDF). Amnesty International. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Helena Gualinga, la adolescente que desde Ecuador eleva su voz por el clima | Ecuador | Noticias | El Universo". 12 December 2019. Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  5. ^ Carlos Fresneda, Puerto (2020). Ecohéroes: 100 voces por la salud del planeta. RBA Libros. ISBN 978-84-9187-717-2.
  6. ^ Castro, Mayuri (13 December 2020). "'She goes and helps': Noemí Gualinga, Ecuador's mother of the jungle". Mongabay. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  7. ^ León, José María (23 April 2019). "Tierra de resistentes | Consejo de Redacción". Tierra De Resistentes. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.