Y ha publicado artículos y capítulos en revistas y libros académicos. Y se desempeñó como asesora en temas indígenas para la oficina de ONU Mujeres de América Latina y el Caribe (2014-2015).Įs autora de los libros: Pueblos Indígenas, Estado y Lucha por Tierra en Guatemala (AVANCSO 2008), La pequeña burguesía indígena comercial de Guatemala: Desigualdades de clase, raza y género (AVANCSO-SERJUS 2002) y Lunas y Calendarios, Colección Poesía Guatemalteca (Editorial Cultura 2018). Fue integrante del Grupo Consultivo Latinoamericano de Líderes Indígenas para UNICEF. Sirvió como testiga experta tanto en el Tribunal de Conciencia contra la Violencia Sexual (2010) como en el juicio de Sepur Zarco (2016) en Guatemala en defensa de mujeres mayas que sobrevivieron la esclavitud y la violencia sexual racializada durante el conflicto armado de 1960-1996. Es la primera mujer maya-k'iche' en obtener un doctorado en Antropología Social y en 2002 inició el caso judicial que hizo ilegal la discriminación racial en Guatemala. Fue directora del Mecanismo de Pueblos Indígenas Oxlajuj T’zikin (2005-2013). Ha estado a la vanguardia de las luchas por el respeto a las culturas indígenas. Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj es periodista, académica, antropóloga social y portavoz internacional de los derechos de las mujeres indígenas. Since 2003, she has written a weekly column in el Periódico de Guatemala and, through her political and academic efforts, seeks to support viable and realistic ways to achieve equality for indigenous peoples and works to try to build participatory democracy in Guatemala. Velásquez Nimatuj is part of a long line of collective struggles that her community has maintained since the Spanish invasion in 1524 to the present. And she has published articles and chapters in academic journals and books. Velásquez Nimatuj is the author of the books: Pueblos Indígenas, Estado y Lucha por Tierra en Guatemala (AVANCSO 2008), La pequeña burguesía indígena comercial de Guatemala: Desigualdades de clase, raza y género (AVANCSO-SERJUS 2002) and Lunas y Calendarios, Colección Poesía Guatemalteca (Editorial Cultura 2018). Furthermore, Velásquez Nimatuj was a member of the Latin American Advisory Group of Indigenous Leaders for UNICEF, and she served as an advisor on indigenous issues for the UN Women office in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014-2015). Velásquez Nimatuj served as an expert witness both in the Court of Conscience against Sexual Violence (2010) and in the trial of Sepur Zarco (2016) in Guatemala in defense of Mayan women who survived slavery and racialized sexual violence during the armed conflict of 1960-1996. Victor will be dearly missed by all who shared wonderful memories with him.She is the first Mayan-K'iche 'woman to obtain a PhD in Social Anthropology and in 2002 she initiated the judicial case that made racial discrimination in Guatemala illegal. John Pozzi and The Sugar Lakes Family Practice for all the care and support. his sister, Norma Linda Amaya Hernandez & husband, Rudy his sisters in law, Melissa Perez and Patty Amaya his brother in law, Joe Falcon numerous nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. & Vicenta Amaya his loving wife of 23 years, Karen Marie Amaya his son, Victor Enrique Amaya his daughters, Vanessa Dominique Amaya and Victoria Marie Amaya his brother, Hector Amaya, Jr. Victor leaves behind to cherish his memories, his parents, Hector Amaya, Sr. He was preceded in death by his brother, Enrique "Ricky" Hector Amaya. Victor was a barber for over 20 years and was a proud owner of his very own barber shop for 15 years. He loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them. Victor was a loving husband, father, son, brother, uncle, and friend. Victor Amaya, 49, was born on Augin Sugar Land, Texas and was called up to be with his Lord and Savior on Februin Webster, Texas.
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