Wednesday, August 17, 2011

WOMEN ORGANIZE FOOTBALL & DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN PERU



In the isolated Andean communities of Peru, poor indigenous peasants used to live in a state of economic and social apartheid. Entire families lived on less than a dollar a day.

A few years ago, Juana, an indigenous peasant, organised a football team for women in the Andes, opening a path to her community's participation in politics for the first time.

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