Thread by @marinamaral2

Dolores Cacuango was a pioneer in the fight for indigenous rights in Ecuador. She stood out in the political arena and was one of the first activists of Ecuadorian feminism. #WHM2021

"We are like the straw from the fells of the Andes, while you pull it out, it grows again."

Dolores was well aware of the difficult situation of indigenous women in the Haciendas, often being raped, beaten and forced to work without any remuneration, but appealed to the whole of society with her words.

“We want the indigenous to know who they are giving birth to, so they are never again raped by their devil boss, so no more children are born without a father and be despised children,” she used to say.

(...) Dolores was active in the struggle for land and education for the rest of her life.

She helped to form unions and organize workers, in and outside of Cayambe, and took part in different uprisings, demanding an end to violence against women and better working conditions.

Dolores founded the first autonomous indigenous school, in 1945, where lessons were taught in both Kichwa and Spanish.

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“We’re like the grass of the mountain that grows back again after being cut, and as mountain grass we will cover the world.”