Francia Márquez
Francia Elena Márquez Mina (born 1982)[1] is an Afro-Colombian human-rights and environmental activist in Colombia. She first became an activist at 13, when construction of a dam threatened her community
She was awarded in the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2018 for her work to stop illegal gold mining on her community of La Toma and the organising a protest march of 80 women who trekked 350 miles to Bogotá, the capital, to demand the removal of all illegal miners and equipment from their community.[2][3][4]
A single mother of two, she was born in Yolombo,[5] a village in the Cauca region. She went on to study law at .[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Proenza, Anne (5 June 2018). "D'or et de sang, le combat de Francia Marquez pour les terres des Afro-Colombiens". Le Temps.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Francia Márquez - Goldman Environmental Foundation". Goldman Environmental Foundation. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "This Woman Who Saved Her Afro-Colombian Community's Land From Miners Won Prestigious Prize". Remezcla. 2018-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ Moloney, Anastasia (27 April 2018). "Death threats won't stop Colombian anti-mining activist". reuters.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ not to be confused with the municipality of Yolombó in the Antioquia department.
Further reading[]
- Ferry, Elizabeth, and Stephen Ferry. “Mining and the Defense of Afro-Colombian Territory: The Community of Yolombó, Colombia.” ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America (Winter 2018)
- Kane, Patrick. "Why Did 22 Afro-Colombian Women Occupy the Colombian Interior Ministry for Five Days?" HuffingtonPost.co.uk, (3 December 2014)
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