Chiapas, Mexico, Women's Co-op Events

Date/Time: March 29, 2010 - 12:01pm - April 7, 2010 - 11:59pm
Location: Various Vancouver venues, Lower Mainland - British Columbia

Indigenous Women's Fair Trade Weaving Cooperative, Jolom Maya'etik,

and

Women's Organization, K'inal Antzetik

Working for indigenous peoples' and women's rights in Chiapas, Mexico

Confronting the detrimental impacts of globalization, the work of Jolom Maya'etik and K'inal Antzetik fosters women's economic autonomy while strengthening the capacity of indigenous peoples to maintain a stronghold on their land, language, culture and traditional livelihoods.

Celia Sánchez is the current president of Jolom Maya'etik, an independent, democratically-run cooperative of 180+ indigenous women and Marla Gutiérrez of K'inal Antzetik has a long history of working with social justice and women's movements throughout Chiapas. They will be speaking about indigenous peoples' and women's rights in the context of globalization in Mexico.

The beautiful work of Jolom Maya'etik's artisans will be available for purchase.

SFU Harbour Centre, room 1425,
6.45-8.30pm, Tuesday, March 30^th

Rhizome Café,
317 East Broadway, Vancouver, 7-10.30pm, Friday, April 2^nd

SFU Burnaby West Mall 2202,
12.30-2.30pm Wednesday April 7th