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- Discussion with Pilar Montalvo representative IIWGHA: The International Indigenous Working Group
Discussion with Pilar Montalvo representative IIWGHA: The International Indigenous Working Group
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| Venue: | FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 503 |
The FIU Global Indigenous Forum is hosting Pilar Montalvo a member of the Wanka Nation of Peru to discuss her work on sexual and reproductive health programs in rural areas and with indigenous organizations in Peru and Bolivia. We will be planning future collaborative events and research opportunities with IIWGHA: The International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS.
Pilar Montalvo is a Peru Senior Program Officer at PPFA (since 2011). She has worked on sexual and reproductive health programs in rural areas and with indigenous organizations in Peru and Bolivia. She has developed public advocacy strategies supportive of women and public health by bringing together in civil society actors in Latin America. She has previous experience as the Technical Advisor for the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Peoples of the Tri-border Brazil-Bolivia-Peru. A member of the Wanka Nation of Peru, Pilar is also member of the International Secretariat of Indigenous and Afrodescendent Peoples for Sexuality and Human Rights, and is a leader in the International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS. Pilar is a nurse-midwife with a Master’s Degree in Project Management with a focus on gender and advocacy.
IIWGHA: The International Indigenous Working Group on HIV & AIDS is currently comprised of Indigenous Leaders in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Oceania who build a unified voice for Indigenous peoples in collective action against HIV and AIDS. IIWGHA envisions a world where Indigenous communities are empowered to direct the course of their own HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support.
IIWGHA's mission is to create an international voice and structure that links Indigenous peoples with their Indigenous leadership, varying levels of governments, AIDS service organizations, cooperatives, and others in a global collective action to lower disproportionate impact on HIV and AIDS experienced by Indigenous people.
