{"id":28731,"date":"2014-02-27T09:26:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T14:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=28731"},"modified":"2014-02-27T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T14:31:27","slug":"artisan-championing-mayan-womens-rights-to-speak-march-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_27_2014\/artisan-championing-mayan-womens-rights-to-speak-march-10","title":{"rendered":"Artisan championing Mayan women’s rights to speak March 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rosalinda Santiz-Diaz, an indigenous artisan who is working to establish equality for women in Chiapas, Mexico, will be the keynote speaker for Women\u2019s History Month at The University of Toledo.<\/p>\n

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Santiz-Diaz<\/p><\/div>She will discuss \u201cWalking in Women\u2019s Land: Indigenous Women\u2019s Rights in Chiapas, Mexico\u201d Monday, March 10, at 3:30 p.m. in Student Union Room 2592.<\/P><\/p>\n

A gifted weaver, Santiz-Diaz is president of the Center for Women\u2019s Training and Development at K\u2019inal Antzetik (Land of Women) in Chiapas. Founded in 1992, the non-government organization brought together indigenous women to pool their skills to increase their income and role in community development. Now the Chiapas chapter also provides sexual health and reproductive rights education, literacy programs, and leadership development for women.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand a life with justice and dignity without any violence \u2026 today we give you the colors of our work to join your dances and songs, fights and reclaims of a better life,\u201d Santiz-Diaz said her address to the World Court of Women Against War in South Africa.<\/p>\n

She led the Mayan women\u2019s weaving cooperative known as Jolom Mayaetik, which was the initial focus of K\u2019inal Antzetik. The two organizations are meeting the United Nations Millennium Development goals of addressing extreme poverty and hunger, empowering women and girls, promoting gender equality and economic development, improving maternal health, reducing maternal and infant mortality, and promoting women\u2019s reproductive health. <\/p>\n

\u201cRosalinda Santiz-Diaz is an internationally known leader in the transnational women\u2019s movement working to end economic, political and domestic violence against women,\u201d Charlene Gilbert, UT professor and chair of women\u2019s and gender studies, said. \u201cHer work is a testament to the power of women to mobilize their collective cultural resources in the service of community and indigenous rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cK\u2019inal Antzetik addresses ending economic, military, political and domestic violence against women, building capacity for indigenous women and communities while preserving Mayan culture,\u201d Lea McChesney, UT visiting assistant professor of anthropology, said.<\/p>\n

Following Santiz-Diaz\u2019s talk, there will be a reception and market at 5 p.m. Weaving created by indigenous women of Chiapas and sold through Jolom Mayaetik will be available for purchase; all funds will benefit these indigenous organizations.<\/p>\n

For more information on the free, public program, call the UT Department of Women and Gender Studies at 419.530.2233.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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