Rosalina Tuyuc

Overview

Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez born San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala October 14, 1956. Guatemalan indigenous Kaqchikel Mayan activist; founded National Association of Guatemalan Widows (CONAVIGUA) 1988; elected to Congress 1995; headed National Reparations Commission 2004; Niwano Peace Prize 2012.

Quotations

"We women are pushing the culture of peace and not the culture of war because it's not just about militarization. What also affects us is this economic vision of development that does not respect life, Mother Earth or culture. Many of our cultural rights are now being violated three times more than during the armed conflict." (UN, May 17, 2016, Michael Astor AP; photo rissho kosei-kai)