MARTHA IRENE MAMANI VELAZCO

Aymara woman with a background in sociology and social project management. Graduated from the University of Havana (Cuba) in 2008 and obtained a master's degree from the Bolivian Catholic University in 2018. Currently serving as a researcher at Foundation TIERRA, a prominent Bolivian non-governmental organization. Actively contributes to the field through opinion articles and co-authored publications focusing on critical studies of the agrarian question and indigenous rights. Passionate about multicultural education and has been recognized with various awards for investigative journalism.

• Date of Birth: 10/20/90
• Nationality: Boliviana

• 2023. Mamani. M.I. in Duran, R., Bazoberry, C. Report 2023 Eighth Annual Report: Women, Access to land and territory in South America, politics of care. Available at: https://ipdrs.org/libros/ipdrs-octavo-informe-anual-mujeres/
• 2022 Mamani, M.I. and Sanjinez, E. Ese ejjas of Eyiyoquibo, indigenous people in initial contact. Between enclosed territories and livelihoods in crisis. La Paz: TIERRA. Available at: http://bit.ly/3HpmvKS
• 2022 Mamani, M.I. in Duran, R., Bazoberry, C. and Soliz, L. Report 2021: Access to land and territory in South America. La Paz: IPDRS. Available at: http://bit.ly/3XMhvFs
• 2021 Mamani, M.I. (Coord.) Caminos alternativos. Case studies of sustainable agricultural practices. La Paz: TIERRA. Available at: https://bit.ly/3pUPxYB
• 2021 Mamani, M.I. and Plata, W. Small wheat producers. Contributions of family farmers in the municipality of Mojocoya, Chuquisaca. La Paz: TIERRA Foundation. Available at: https://bit.ly/3q0qcMS
• 2020 Mamani M.I. and Colque G. Bimodal agriculture in the soybean sector. Unraveling the coexistence between small and large producers in Eastern Bolivia. Rome: International Land Coalition ILC.Available at: https://bit.ly/3dUp5sK
• 2020 Mamani M.I. Situation of peasant women in Bolivia: The struggle for land is not over. CBI/ILC/TIERRA Available at: https://bit.ly/3m5nipa
• 2019 Mamani M.I. and Colque G. Situation of Bolivia. In Report 2019 Access to land and territory in South America. IPDRS. Available at: https://bit.ly/326igBm
• 2018 Mamani M.I. and Colque G. Obesidad un problema cruceño de peso ¿Qué relación tiene con la agricultura? La Paz: TIERRA. Available at: https://bit.ly/3pUR40N
• 2018 Mamani M.I. and Colque G. Overweight and obesity in the city of El Alto What to do from family agriculture? La Paz: TIERRA. Available at: https://bit.ly/3oU84oE
• 2017 Mamani M.I. Case Study: The women of Patarani and their struggles for access to land. La Paz: IPDRS. Available at: https://bit.ly/3ytCUre
  

• 2024 Fellow Lecturer in Platform for the Dialogue “Urban Ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean” .Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (CALAS). Cuba Habana.
• 2022 Fellow Lecturer in Platform for Dialogue: 70 Years after the Agrarian Reform in Guatemala: Violence and Land in Latin America, 1952-2022 .Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales (CALAS). Costa Rica.
• 2022 Journalistic chronicle "Gerardina no quiere que la olviden" Third place, Letras e Imágenes del Nuevo Tiempo, Topic Mujeres: Resistencias, Memorias y Luchas, Fundación Cultural del Banco Central de Bolivia
• 2021 Journalistic chronicle: traficantes de alimentos, Special Mention, Concurso periodístico “Remando a crisis. Testimonios en pandemia”, Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung (FES)
• 2018 Member of Editorial Committee of Revista Cuestion Agraria Nº 4: TIPNIS.
  Fundación TIERRA
• 2020, Journalistic chronicle: Muertos sin sepultura, Crónica Bartolomé Arzáns Orsúa y Vela, Revista Rascacielos
• 2014 Winner of The Youth Program Call "My First Productive Job-VII Version.
  Municipality of La Paz City
• 2012 First Essay Prize, Poverty and Inequality Commission.
  University of Havana (Cuba)

• Women4Women, The ILC’s mentoring and solidarity network. A safe space to exchange, learn, talk, share doubts and challenges, find solutions together and support each other to strengthen the role of women in ILC.01/01/22, current,
• Plataforma Mujer Rural y Derecho a La Tierra, 34 grassroots, academic, non-governmental organizations and social movements from 15 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that address gender inequality in the rural world from the perspective of the right to land and territory.03/01/19, current,
• Movimiento Regional por la Tierra y el Territorio, This is a regional articulation initiative that seeks to promote a change of perspective regarding rural areas, their populations, territories and proposals, and requires the mobilization of Allies for land throughout South America.05/01/14, 05/01/15
• Member of Editorial Committee of Revista Cuestion Agraria Nº 4: TIPNIS.
  Fundación TIERRA 2018