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Reciprocity: an indigenous teaching for a better 2021
Ayni is an Aymara principle that means “mutual reciprocity and help others in need” and Juk’uchaña is an Aymara word that means “to accumulate or hoard like a mouse” translated by the Aymara teacher Félix Layme Pairumani. While thinking about actions to take for a better 2021, I was compelled to ask my elders what are the steps to reimagine a better future after the COVID-19 pandemic? Instead of providing a straight answer, they narrated one of our traditional stories, which is taught from generations to generations. There was once a mouse who always had food in his house. He harvested all...
I do it for her
People often ask me why I am so concerned about issues like feminism, racism, or immigration, expecially, being a 16-year-old white girl living in a first world country. Well, I always answer the same way: I do it for her. For the 13-year-old girl whose parents have decided to marry her to a 45-year-old man for a piece of land or a little bit of money, who will never have a decent education and will only aspire to be a mother of several children with the same fate as her. Also, for the girl who has just been mutilated against her will because she is a "transition to adulthood" or so she will...
How well do you know your rights?
Every child is born with basic rights that have to be fulfilled during its childhood. These rights are for everyone regardless of their ethnicity, … You’ll probably already know that, but could you name the 12 of them? If the answer is no, continue reading. Every child has the rights to be born well. It’s important for an unborn child to be given a safe environment to be born in. This includes, for example, medical attention. 2. Every child has the rights to a wholesome family life. Children deserve a loving family that will give them a perfect environment to learn values and morals. 3. Every...