GLOBAL DIRECTOR Joan is an indigenous activist from the Cordillera with more than 20 years of working on indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment,..
GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Born in a hñähñú family, Adazahira Chávez is a journalist and communications specialist based in Mexico. For 20 years, she has worked closely with victims of serious human rights violations, indigenous peoples defending their territories,..
GLOBAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR Joyce is an Ibaloi-Kankanaey-Kalanguya of the Igorots of Cordillera, Philippines. She has worked on various social development initiatives in the Philippines and other countries in the ASEAN region before working with indigenous peoples’ movements in..
GLOBAL ADVOCACY COORDINATOR Alancay is an indigenous person from the Brunka people in Costa Rica. He has a background in Engineering and Human Rights Law. His experience includes law reform, public policy, advocacy, research, and project management. He..
DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR LATIN AMERICA Monica Chuji Gualinga, is a Kichwa from the Ecuadorian Amazon and belongs to the Sarayaku community of Sucumbios. In her service to the Ecuadorian State as Constituent Assemblywoman, she promoted the recognition in..
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST FOR LATIN AMERICA Natalia is a Mexican communication specialist focused on human rights. She has worked with indigenous communities defending their territories, linguistic revitalization, intercultural education, and accompanying processes of labor rights defense with women.
FINANCE STAFF Monique is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, with previous work experiences as an accounting staff under two different employers. Her skills and abilities include knowledge in Microsoft offices applications and on the Quickbook..
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Joyce is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. Her work background is on customer relations, secretarial and clerical jobs. admin-joyce@iprights.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Indigenous peoples across the globe are impacted by renewable energy projects being implemented by business in cooperation with states. While indigenous peoples support a just transition from fossil fuel to renewable energy as a key..
Indigenous peoples across the globe are increasingly subjected to criminalization and violations of their individual and collective rights with impunity. This situation is prevalent in States which do not legally recognize and protect the rights of indigenous peoples,..
