Claudia Coari

Claudia Coari Mamani (born 1967) is a Quechua politician in Peru. She was a member of the Congress of the Republic of Peru between 2011 and 2014, representing the Peruvian Nationalist Party (Partido Nacional Peruano),[1] but was no longer a congresswoman by March 2018.[2]

Coari Mamani in 2012

In 2018 she was part of a delegation of indigenous women leaders from 10 countries in South America who traveled to Chile for the launch of a Food and Agriculture Organization campaign to eradicate hunger. She stressed the importance of family farms for food security, saying that in her area women took on most of this work.[3]

She was congratulated by Bolivian president Evo Morales for wearing the indigenous pollera colourful woollen skirt in Congress, with pride in her heritage.[4]

References
  1. Calderon Vilca, Rene Alfredo (28 July 2013). "Congresista Claudia Coari: "Yo también soy mamá, para mi hijita tengo que darme tiempo"". Los Andes. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "Claudia Coari quiere competir con Pineda por el sillón regional". Correo. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019. La excongresista de la República, Claudia Coari Mamani ...
  3. "Mujeres indígenas de Suramérica se suman a la campaña de la FAO para erradicar el hambre". Agencia EFE. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. Orbegozo, Manuel (6 March 2017). "A Brief Introduction to Peru's Vibrant Polleras". Culture Trip. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.