On September 27th, the NGO Thydêwá – Brazil – will release the 20th book of the collection “Indigenous people under the sight of Indigenous people”. This time will be the first title in the collection with collaborative authoring of more than 20 women from 08 indigenous communities in the northeast of Brazil. The book is entitled: “By the Indigenous Women” double allusion, the authorship and motivation to empower women in the practice of their rights.
The indigenous women made photos and wrote about their lives, their dreams, about being indigenous woman today. The book also features an informative section on how to prevent and deal with cases of domestic violence against women. It comprises 64 pages all colored, which also feature illustrations made by the indigenous young Tupinambá girl, Irãny and Potyra Tê Tupinambá.
The release will take place in the framework of the “XIV Tupinambás Walk – In Memory of the Martyrs of River Curupe” in Tupinambás Indigenous Village Itapoã in Olivença, city of Ilhéus (BA) and will have the presence of six authors. There will be 03 Wheels Conversations for Women, performed by the protagonists of the book and the interdisciplinary team of the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women of the State Government of Bahia, which services will be available to talk and meet the demands of the public. A psychologist, two lawyers and several social workers will be on Friday the 26th at the public square of Olivença, from 14h to 17h; on 27th, Saturday from 08:30 to 11:30 and from 14h to 17 h in the Indigenous Village of Itapoã.
The book integrates the activities of the “By the Indigenous Women” project that is implementing an ongoing training on women’s rights, with indigenous women from 08 communities in the Northeast: Tupinambás, Pataxó Hãhãhãe, Pataxó Dois Irmãos, and Pataxó Barra Velha, from the state of Bahia, Xokó, from Sergipe, Kariri-Xocó and Karapotó Plaki-ô from Alagoas, and Pankararu from Pernambuco. The project is directly forming 16 Multipliers Agents of Social Transformation and want to achieve, after a year and a half of activities, 8,000 indigenous women and their families. The training takes place through meetings at the headquarters of NGOs in Olivença, and online, with the creation of a multiethnic network, the Collaborative Learning Community By Indigenous Women, available at: www.mulheresindigenas.org
The project was conceived by the NGO Thydêwá and has the protagonism of indigenous people for its redesign and rely on the partnership with the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women of the Presidency and the Secretariat of Public Policies for Women of the State of Bahia. It has also the support of the network of the Points of Indigenous Culture in the Northeast and the ontão Esperança da Terra (Hope of The Earth), initiatives supported by the Ministry of Culture.
Service:
- Assistance to Women
Friday, September 26th, from 14h to 16h. Place: On the public square of Olivença, in front of the CRAS
Saturday, September 27th , from 9h to 16h. Place: Indigenous Village Itapoã – City of Ilhéus (BA)
- Release of the book “By Indigenous Women”
September 27th, from 16h to 17h.
Place: Indigenous Village Itapoã – City of Ilhéus (BA)
Sources: Sebastian Gerlic, president of Thydêwa; Potyra Tê Tupinambá, Executive Director of Thydêwá.
Contacts: https://www.thydewa.org/imprensa/, sebastian@thydewa.org, potyra@thydewa.org, +55 (73) 3269 1970, Joana Brandão: +49 15214159503
