CPA Pioneer Receives International Recognition for Protection of Indigenous People
The WWSF Laureate Award honors creative and courageous women and women's groups worldwide for their contribution in improving the quality of life in rural communities, for protecting the environment, transmitting knowledge and standing up for human rights and peace. Established in 1994, WWSF has so far awarded 354 prizes in more than 100 countries. The WWSF is a humanitarian, non-government, non-profit and international organization with United Nations consultative status which works for a new development paradigm with and for women and children. It was established in March 8, 1991 in Geneva, on the occasion of International Working Women’s Day.
Please refer to the attached article in PDF and MS Word format (uploaded in the CPA website www.cpaphils.org as well) for some highlights of Mother Petra's lifetime of activism for indigenous peoples' rights in the Cordillera, and now, internationally recognized. This is also a recognition of the world's indigenous peoples historic and continuing struggle for their collective rights to self determination and ancestral land.
For a pdf of the press release please click here