Melania Chiponda

Melania Chiponda is an ecofeminist, popular educator, and participatory action researcher who believes in centering people’s lived experiences and realities in the creation of knowledge. To Melania, community empowerment and knowledge creation is a collective process that shifts power from mainstream knowledge systems and institutions to the people.

Mutual aid sustains human rights movements around the world

By: Antonio Gutierrez & Felipe Mesel & Emese Ilyes & Melania Chiponda
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In both Latin America and in North America mutual aid movements swelled in response to the collective trauma and collective learning of the pandemic.

Lessons for the rights movement in constructing a collective reality

By: Melania Chiponda & Emese Ilyes
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Respect for human rights should be founded on recognizing and honoring differences.