2025 Spring and Summer Newsletter
Canadian Jesuits International works with its Jesuit partners in Latin America to support the leadership of Indigenous women in protecting their land and culture. Photo: Juan Emilio Hernandez/CJI
‘Long silences and hardworking hands’
Indigenous women weave the way to a just future
By Jeannette Curinao Alcavil
Against a backdrop of purple skies, thousands of women’s voices filled the streets last March 8 to once again demand their right to live life to the fullest.
We Indigenous women share this hope to be treated with dignity and respect. We seek this recognition in our daily lives, even in the simple and the invisible ways we are treated. Abya Yala, our land, is being mistreated and overexploited. So are we. Continue reading
A word from Jenny Cafiso, CJI Executive Director
It is often said that poverty, exclusion, and oppression have a female face. I don’t need to be convinced of this. I have seen much evidence of this reality in my visits to the many communities that our Jesuit partners work with and that CJI supports in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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