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Betty is an Indigenous woman leader from the Uma people in Lubuagan, Kalinga in the Cordillera region. A member of Innabuyog – An Alliance of Indigenous Women’s Organizations in the Cordillera, Betty is a staunch environmental and indigenous rights defender, and a community health worker who tirelessly serves her community. She has devoted her life in protecting ancestral lands and defending indigenous peoples’ rights.
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“Indigenous peoples want to study; they want to be educated. But they don’t have schools in their communities.”
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“Land is life. Indigenous women will cease to exist if their lands and territories are destroyed. We were able to protect and nurture our lands, territories and resources for many generations through self-determination, deciding on what is good for many without sacrificing the land, culture and future of our children.”
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Global Indigenous Peoples organization Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI) denounces the recent murder of Tumandok village chief Julie Catamin and the brutal attack against Angelo Karlo Guillen, one of the legal counsels of the Tumandok tribe members who were arrested in deadly police raids in December 2020.
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On February 21, an illegal armed group that operates in La Variente – Tumaco Municipality took, detained, tortured and murdered four persons. It appeared that the four were apprehended for breaking the mobility restrictions imposed in the region by an illegal armed group. However, these attacks are not isolated events, but are part of a series of violent acts and systematic murders that have generated distress in the area.