First woman to lead world’s largest indigenous peoples alliance

Mongabay
Mar 20, 2017, 1:05 pm173 pts
TANJUNG GUSTA, Indonesia — Rukka Sombolinggi was selected as secretary general of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) on Sunday, becoming the organization’s first female leader since its founding in 1999, the year after Indonesia became a democracy. The closing day of AMAN’s fifth…

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