A woman takes leadership of Paraguay’s Maka, one of the first female chiefs of an indigenous people in the South American country.
Maka indigenous leader-in-training Tsiweyenki, whose Spanish name is Gloria Elizeche, smiles with her sisters Cristina, center, and Estela as they cook in her backyard in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay, Monday, April 29, 2019. Following the death of Tsiweyenki's husband, who was chief of the Maka, his widow has been chosen as one of the first female leaders of an entire ethnic group.
The solution has been at least a small advance for women in Paraguay: Maka leaders chose his widow, Tsiweyenki to be one of the first female chiefs of an indigenous people in the South American country. The 68-year-old Tsiweyenki — known to the Paraguayan state as Gloria Elizeche — has a warm smile, but a difficult task.
Only a century ago, the Maka were largely hunter-gatherers in northwest Paraguay’s remote Chaco region. And only a few decades ago, census figures counted their population at less than 1,000. Due to a lack of experience, the Maka are giving Tsiweyenki several months to learn the new role before being formally taking over her duties. In addition to the standard political tasks, she’ll be principal of a primary and secondary school, lead a labor union and soccer team and even head the local Baptist church.
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