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, climate change, and additionally the application of Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
She was the General Secretary of the Asia Indigenous People Pact (AIPP) From September 2008 to December 2016. She was appointed as indigenous expert of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2014-2016) by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. She was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by UN Environment in September 2018.
She is currently the co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development-IPMG.
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LEGAL AND SANCTUARY FUND COORDINATOR and support for Advocacy
Manja is an indigenous person, a human rights lawyer, with two decades of activism and advocacy on Indigenous Peoples rights and extensive engagement in the discourse on Business and Human Rights. She assisted the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2015-2020). Her work experience includes programe management and coordination, research, advocacy and capacity building. She makes her legal services available and pro bono for human rights cases.
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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, women, and trade unionists, always in autonomous initiatives and NGOs..
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 Asia and beyond.
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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 has worked at the national and international levels; in non-governmental organizations; and in the public and private sector.
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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 the Constitution of Ecuador the Human Right to Water, the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation of Indigenous Peoples, the Plurinational nature of the State and Indigenous Justice. In 2013 she was elected Vice President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon-CONFENIAE. She is an expert on Indigenous Peoples Rights, an activist for human rights and nature, and a trainor.
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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 Accounting System.
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ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Joyce is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. Her work background is on customer relations, secretarial and clerical jobs.
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