Joênia Wapixana
Joênia Wapixana | |
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Chair of the National Indigenous People Foundation | |
Assumed office 2 January 2023 | |
President | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Minister | Sônia Guajajara |
Preceded by | Marcelo Xavier |
Member of the Chamber of Deputies | |
In office 1 February 2019 – 2 January 2023 | |
Constituency | Roraima |
Personal details | |
Born | Joênia Batista de Carvalho 20 April 1974 Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil |
Political party | REDE (2017–present) |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Politician, attorney |
Known for | First indigenous attorney in Brazil, first indigenous attorney to argue before the Brazilian Supreme Court and first indigenous woman deputy elected to Brazilian National Congress |
Joênia Wapichana (officially Joênia Batista de Carvalho; born 20 April 1974) is the first indigenous lawyer in
She was elected federal deputy for the state of Roraima, from the party list of the Sustainability Network (REDE), in the 2018 general election. Batista de Carvalho is the first indigenous woman elected to the Chamber of Deputies and the second indigenous federal deputy since the election of Mário Juruna in 1982.[1]
After
Early life
Joênia was born in the
Career
Batista de Carvalho began working in the legal department of the
In 2013, she was appointed as the first president of the recently created National Commission for the Defense of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[5] The post was created by the Order of Attorneys of Brazil as a means of monitoring legislation which might impact native rights. The role of the commission is to support and intervene if need be in legal matters of the lower courts or Supreme Court in cases which impact indigenous rights.[11][12]
Awards and recognition
Batista de Carvalho received the Reebok Human Rights Award in 2004[3] and in 2010 was honored with the Ordem do Mérito Cultural by the Brazilian government.[4][13] In 2018 she was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights.[14]
References
Citations
- ^ "País elege primeiro indígena deputado federal desde 1982". www.msn.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-10-08.
- ^ "'Funai is ours': Brazil's Indigenous affairs agency is reclaimed under Lula". news.mongabay.com. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
- ^ a b c d Rohter 2004.
- ^ a b c Ministério da Cultura 2010.
- ^ a b Rodrigues 2013.
- ^ a b Schertow 2008.
- ^ Santos & Carlet 2009, p. 80.
- ^ Sales de Lima 2008.
- ^ Parellada 2005, p. 202.
- ^ BBC 2009.
- ^ Última Instância 2013.
- ^ Royal Norwegian Embassy in Brazil 2013.
- ^ Government Portal Brasil 2014.
- ^ "2018 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights". OHCHR. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
Bibliography
- Parellada, Alejandro (2005). "South America: Brazil". In Vinding, Diana; Stidsen, Sille (eds.). The Indigenous World 2005. Copenhagen, Denmark: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs. ISBN 978-87-91563-05-8.
- Rodrigues, Léo (6 March 2013). ""Há um longo caminho para que o direito do indígena seja garantido", diz Joênia Wapixana" ["There is a long way to go before the rights of the indigenous are guaranteed," says Joênia Wapixana] (in Portuguese). Brasilia, Brazil: Empresa Brasil de Comunicação. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Rohter, Larry (13 November 2004). "Using Courts in Brazil to Strengthen an Indian Identity". The New York Times. New York, New York. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Sales de Lima, Eduardo (27 August 2008). "Joênia Wapixana, advogada índia defenderá oralmente a causa no STF" [Joênia Wapixana, Indian lawyer India to orally defend cause in the Supreme Court]. Instituto Humanitas Unisionos Notícias (in Portuguese). São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: Unisinos. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Schertow, John Ahni (10 December 2008). "Courts to decide on Indigenous territory Raposa Serra do Sol". IC Magazine. Olympia, Washington: Center for World Indigenous Studies. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ISBN 978-1-135-23613-7.
- "Advogada Wapichana fala de seu projeto à frente de Comissão indígena" [Lawyer Wapichana speaks of her project at the beginning of Indian Commission] (in Portuguese). Sao Paulo, Brazil: Última Instância. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Joênia Wapixana" (in Portuguese). Brasilia, Brazil: Ministério da Cultura. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Joênia Wapixana é a primeira mulher indígena formada em direito" [Joênia Wapixana is the first indigenous woman to hold a law degree] (in Portuguese). Brasilia, Brazil: Government Portal Brasil. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Joênia Wapixana foi eleita presidente da Comissão de Direito dos Povos indígenas da OAB" [Joênia Wapixana was elected president of the Law Commission of Indigenous Peoples of OAB]. Noruega o site official no Brasil (in Portuguese). Brasilia, Brazil: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Brazil. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- "Land boost for Brazilian Indians". London, England: BBC. 19 March 2009. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.